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Featured Bond – Week of August 26, 2019: City of Atlanta to Issue $686 Million in General Revenue Airport Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of August 26, 2019: City of Atlanta to Issue $686 Million in General Revenue Airport Bonds The featured bond for the week of August 26, 2019 is the City of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson...
Featured Bond – Week of August 19, 2019: City of Houston, TX Combined Utility Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond – Week of August 19, 2019: City of Houston, Texas to Issue $785 Million in Combined Utility System Revenue Bonds Overview The City of Houston is issuing $785 million in Combined Utility System first lien revenue refunding bonds through negotiated sale. ...
Featured Bond – Week of August 5, 2019: State of Minnesota $673 Million in General Obligation Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of August 5, 2019: State of Minnesota $673 Million in General Obligation Bonds Overview The State of Minnesota is issuing $673 million in general obligation state bonds through competitive sale. The bonds are split into Series 2019 A-D. The 2019A...
What Illinois Can Learn From the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and Even Puerto Rico About Public Pension Reform
By James E. Spiotto The U.S. Supreme Court and virtually all state courts have recognized what the Rhode Island Supreme Court recently reaffirmed: insurmountable, unaffordable government contractual obligations for public pensions must be capable of reasonable and...
Featured Bond – Week of July 29, 2019: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District – $674 Million in GO Bonds (Green Bonds)
Featured Bond - Week of July 29, 2019: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District - $674 Million in GO Bonds (Green Bonds) By Ashton Hicks Overview The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District is issuing $674 million total in General Obligation Green...
MuniNet Guide Experts Roundtable: Michael Belsky
by Mardee Handler Current Trends in Municipal Finance: A Birdseye View Flint, Michigan made national news headlines when it experienced its water crisis in 2014. During the crisis, 12 people died and at least 87 others became sick from unsafe drinking water. Seven...
Featured Bond – Week of July 22, 2019: State of Connecticut $244 Million in General Obligation Refunding Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of July 22, 2019: State of Connecticut $244 Million in General Obligation Refunding Bonds Overview The State of Connecticut is issuing $244 Million in General Obligation Refunding bonds through competitive sale with a sale date of July 25, 2019....
Featured Bond – Week of July 15, 2019: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Inc. $915 Million in Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of July 15, 2019: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc. $915 Million in Revenue Bonds Overview Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is borrowing $915 Million through negotiated sale during the week of July 15. The proceeds are to be used to develop...
Featured Bond – Week of July 8, 2019: Sacramento CA Municipal Utility District $400 Million in Electric Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of July 8, 2019: Sacramento CA Municipal Utility District $400 Million in Electric Revenue Bonds Overview The Sacramento California Municipal Utility District is issuing $400 million in Electric Revenue Bonds through negotiated sale. The bonds are...
Featured Bond – Week of July 1, 2019: The Economic Development Authority of Fredericksburg, VA Revenue Bonds – Fredericksburg Stadium Project
Featured Bond - Week of July 1, 2019: The Economic Development Authority of Fredericksburg, VA Revenue Bonds - Fredericksburg Stadium Project Overview The Economic Development Authority of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia is issuing $39.8 million in revenue bonds...
Not All Cities Have A Pension Problem
By Richard A. Ciccarone, President & CEO of Merritt Research Services, LLC and Co-Owner of MUNINET, LLC The Top 21% of Cities With High Pension Funding Levels Deserve Attention and Usually Praise With so much well-deserved negative attention focused on cities...
Featured Bond: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 24, 2019: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds Overview The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is issuing $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds through negotiated sale....
An Update On Foreign Trade Zones, Economic Development Projects, and Risk Perception with Taxes
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 4 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
An Update on the Evolution of Taxing Policy in the New World of Digital, Shared Economy, and Artificial Intelligence Revolution
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 3 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
Featured Bond: $231 Million Texas Children’s Hospital – Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation Hospital Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 17, 2019: Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation $231 Million in Hospital Revenue Bonds (Texas Children's Hospital) Overview The Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation is issuing $231...
An Update on Comparisons of Key Economic and Debt Factors: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 2 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
The Gathering Storm: Illinois & Chicago MSA’s Challenging Financial Developments Due To The Great Recession
By Jim Spiotto This is Part 1 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or Not?...
Featured Bond — Industrial Development Authority of Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International Airport)
Featured Bond – Week of June 10, 2019: Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, MO Airport Special Obligation Bonds Overview The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, Missouri is issuing $851, 335,000 of Airport Special...
Featured Bond: The City of Charlotte $182 Million in Airport Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 3, 2019: City of Charlotte, NC $182 Million in Airport Revenue Bonds Overview The City of Charlotte, North Carolina is issuing $182 Million in Airport Revenue refunding bonds. $141.9 million of this is Non-AMT and $40.6 million is AMT. The...
Featured Bond: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California – $220 Million in Water Revenue Refunding Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of May 27, 2019: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - $220 Million in Water Revenue Refunding Bonds Overview The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is issuing $220 Million in Water Revenue Refunding Bonds...
Featured Bond: City of Austin – $464 Million in Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of May 20, 2019: City of Austin, Texas $464 Million in Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds Overview The City of Austin, Texas is issuing $464 million in Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds through negotiated sale. The pricing date is...
Featured Bond: State of Oregon – $156 Million in General Obligation Bonds (Higher Education)
Featured Bond - Week of May 13, 2019: State of Oregon $156 Million in General Obligation Bonds for Higher Education Overview The State of Oregon is issuing $156 Million in General Obligation bonds for higher education. The bonds include Series E-H most of which will...
Featured Bond: Commonwealth of Massachusetts – $700 Million in General Obligation Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of May 6, 2019: Commonwealth of Massachusetts $700 in General Obligation Bonds Overview The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is issuing an aggregate $700 Million in General Obligation Bonds to be sold through a competitive process on May 7. There are...
Featured Bond: County of Orange, California- $85 Million in Airport Revenue Refunding Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of April 29, 2019: Orange County California $85 Million in Airport Revenue Refunding Bonds for John Wayne Airport Overview The County of Orange, California is set to issue Airport Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2019A and Series 2019B for John...
Featured Bond: $240 Million University of Connecticut General Obligation Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of April 22, 2019: The University of Connecticut $240 Million in General Obligation Bonds Overview The University of Connecticut is scheduled to issue $240 Million in General Obligation Bonds. The Bonds are authorized pursuant of the University of...