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...
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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...
Featured Bond: City of Miami Beach, Florida $152 Million General Obligation & Refunding Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of April 15, 2019: The City of Miami Beach Florida $152 Million in General Obligation and Refunding Bonds Overview The City of Miami Beach, Florida is scheduled to issue Series 2019 Bonds to fund multiple infrastructure projects in the realms of...
Featured Bond: $115 Million City of Houston Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department
Featured Bond - Week of April 8, 2019: The City of Houston's $115 Million Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue and Refunding Bonds Overview Houston is issuing $115 million Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue and Refunding Bonds Series 2019 through its...
The First Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on ‘Assured’ Should be Reheard or Reversed; Recent Ruling Sends a Harsh Message to Municipal Bond Market
( ) Why the Municipal Bond Market Expects Pledged Special Revenues to be Timely Paid to Bondholders in a Chapter 9 Proceeding. And, Why the First Circuit's Assured Ruling in Puerto Rico’s PROMESA Title III Proceeding Should Be Reheard or Reconsidered on Appeal....
Featured Bond: Collier County, Naples FL – Water & Sewer District $78.54 Million Revenue Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of April 1, 2019: Collier County (Naples, FL) Water and Sewer District — $78.54 Million Overview This week, MuniNet features the county of Collier in Naples, FL. During the week of April 1st, the County intends to issue by...
PUERTO RICO’S REPUDIATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
PUERTO RICO’S REPUDIATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS: A REAL RISK OR JUST KABUKI THEATER By James E. Spiotto On January 14, 2019, the Financial Oversight and Management Board, acting through its Special Claims Committee and the Official Committee of Unsecured...
Municipal Finance: The Financial Condition of U.S. States
General Fund Balance for Majority of U.S. States Fiscal Year 2016 Continue on a Positive Path by Richard Ciccarone As measured on a median basis, state total general fund balances in relation to expenditures recorded their best end of year operating position since the...
Lake Oswego OR School District – $160 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 08/14/2017: Lake Oswego (OR) School District No. 7J - General Obligation Bonds – $160 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Oregon. The Lake Oswego School District #7J is issuing general obligation...
How State and Local Governments Can Overcome Economic Downturns and Fiscal Distress
MuniNet Guide Co-Publisher James Spiotto Looks at How We Got Here, Where We Can Go, and How States Are Working to Trim Expenditures While Working on Policy Goals by James Spiotto Over the past sixteen years we have had two recessions (2001 and 2007), the...