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Can Local Property Tax Bases Ride Out Housing Downturns?
Data Reveals that Median Housing Values and Local Property Tax Bases Have a Positive Relationship, But Tax Bases Outperform Housing Housing values are important not only for home owners and prospective buyers, but also for local governments. They are an important...
Clear Creek TX School District to Issue $150 Million in School Building Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of March 5, 2018: Clear Creek TX Independent School District – Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds – $150 Million The Clear Creek Independent School District is issuing $150 million in unlimited tax bonds the week of March 05, 2018....
Wisconsin Capital Improvements to be Funded by $287 Million GO Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of February 26, 2018: State of Wisconsin Capital Improvements - General Obligation Bonds – $287 Million The State of Wisconsin is issuing $287 million in general obligation bonds the week of February 26, 2018. The bonds are being...
Los Angeles Unified School District General Obligation Bonds – $1.35 Billion
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of February 19, 2018: Los Angeles Unified School District General Obligation Bonds – $1.35 Billion The Los Angeles Unified School District is issuing $1.35 billion in general obligation bonds the week of February 19, 2018....
Wayne State University Issuing $120 Million Revenue Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of February 12, 2018: Wayne State University General Revenue Bonds - $120 Million The Board of Governors of Wayne State University is issuing $120 million in water system revenue bonds the week of February 12, 2018. These Los...
Metro Areas Drive Growth in Labor Force in 29 States in 2017
The Metropolitan Area Employment Situation Improves Across the Nation in 2017, as Metro Areas Drive Growth in Labor Force Unemployment rates dropped in 81 percent of the metropolitan areas in the United States from December 2016 to December 2017 (314 of 388 areas),...
Los Angeles Water Revenue Bonds – $231 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of February 5, 2018: Los Angeles Water Revenue Bonds The Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles is issuing $231 million in water system revenue bonds the week of February 05, 2018. These Los Angeles water bonds are...
“Puerto Rico’s ‘Assured’ Decision Should be Reconsidered or Reversed” by James Spiotto
Why Pledged Revenues Are Required to Be Paid to Revenue Bondholders in Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy. And, Why the Assured Decision in Puerto Rico’s PROMESA Title III Proceeding Should Be Reconsidered or Reversed on Appeal by James Spiotto On January 30, 2018, the...
Delaware General Obligation Bonds – $250 Million | MuniNet Guide Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of January 29, 2018: School and Port Projects Highlight Financing of $250 Million in Delaware General Obligation Bonds The State of Delaware is issuing $250 million in general obligation bonds the week of January 29, 2018. These...
State Opioid Death Rates Reveal Interesting Relationships
The Opioid Crisis Moved as it Grew. Analysis Suggests Poverty Not Indicative of State Opioid Death Rates, but Unemployment Rates Show a Trend The opioid epidemic is possibly the most severe public health crisis in the United States, and it has afflicted the...
Positive Momentum in State GDP Growth in the Third Quarter of 2017
State GDP Growth in the Third Quarter Showed Positive Momentum in All 50 States Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the figures for Gross Domestic Product growth in U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. All 50 states and D.C. saw positive growth,...
Honolulu to issue $305 Million in Wastewater Revenue Bonds to Fund Improvements
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of January 22, 2018: City and County of Honolulu Wastewater Revenue Bonds – $305 Million The City and County of Honolulu is scheduled to issue $305 million in wastewater system revenue bonds the week of January 22, 2018. The bonds...
Cook County Illinois Issuing $100 Million in General Obligation Bonds | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of January 16, 2018: Cook County Illinois General Obligation – $100 Million Cook County Illinois is issuing $100 million in general obligation bonds the week of January 16, 2018. These general obligation bonds are being issued as a...
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago – Revenue Bonds $219 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of January 8, 2018: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago – $219 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Illinois. The Illinois Finance Authority is issuing $219 million in revenue refunding...
U.S. State Crime Rates – Comparing Types of Crimes Across the States
Report - U.S. State Crime Rates by Type for All 50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico This report gives researchers and citizens an opportunity to look at U.S. state crime rates, what crimes are being committed and in what frequency, for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and...
Anaheim Redevelopment Successor Agency to Issue $115 Million in Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of January 1, 2018: The Successor Agency to the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency - Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds – $115 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of California. The Successor Agency to the Anaheim...
Chicago Sales Tax Securitization Bonds – $795 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of December 26, 2017: The City of Chicago Sales Tax Securitization Bonds – $795 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Illinois. The Sales Tax Securitization Corporation is issuing $795 million in sales...
City of Houston Pension Obligation Bonds – $1 Billion – MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of December 18, 2017: The City of Houston Pension Obligation Bonds – $1 Billion This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Texas. The City of Houston is issuing $1 billion in pension obligation bonds the week of December 18,...
The City of Philadelphia Airport Revenue Bonds – $721 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of December 11, 2017: The City of Philadelphia Airport Revenue and Refunding Bonds – $721 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Pennsylvania. The City of Philadelphia is issuing $721 million in airport revenue...
Beyond Hurricane Maria: Federal Action in Puerto Rico with PROMESA
Understanding Current Structures and Potential Changes to Federal Action in Puerto Rico Requires Analysis of the Enactment of PROMESA and its Provisions In a continuing series on the recovery of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, James Spiotto looks at the...
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Issuing Revenue Bonds for Replacement of Hospital – $524 Million
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 12/04/2017: Northwestern Memorial Healthcare – Revenue Bonds – $524 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Illinois. The Illinois Finance Authority is issuing $524 million in revenue bonds on behalf of...
Aging Infrastructure Is a Problem, From Any Point of View
Accounting Approach Shows Aging Infrastructure Kicks Additional Costs to the Future Validating the Aging Infrastructure Problem from the Engineer’s Point of View There are few public-minded cities and governmental officials that are unaware of America’s recent habit...
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to Issue $273 Million in Bonds for Upgrades to Facilities, Equipment
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 11/27/2017: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin – Revenue Bonds – $273 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority is issuing $273...
City of Dallas – General Obligation Bonds – $303 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 11/18/2017: City of Dallas – General Obligation Bonds – $303 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Texas. The City of Dallas is issuing general obligation bonds in the amount of $303 million the week of...
Beyond Hurricane Maria: The Gathering Storm of Puerto Rico’s Financial Distress
To Understand the Purpose, Function and Desired Result of Federal Reforms and Disaster Recovery, It Is Important to Understand the Systemic Causes of Puerto Rico's Financial Distress by James Spiotto Puerto Rico's financial problems did not begin with the Great...