Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 09/06/2016: Providence St. Joseph Revenue Bonds. This week’s featured bond comes from the State of California. The California Health Facilities Financing Authority is scheduled to issue $306 million in revenue bonds the...
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Inclusionary Zoning: Creating Effective Housing Policy Through Harnessing Private Market Activity
New Report Shows How Inclusionary Zoning Can Help Produce Strong Mixed Housing Markets In the United States today, nearly ten million households pay more than half their income for housing. Cities enact policies to foster economic development and affordable housing...
How Should We React When State and Local Governments Get More of Our Money?: Dissecting the Upside of Higher State and Local Government Tax Revenues
First Quarter of 2016 Sees Tax Revenues Rise 3.1% Since Same Time Last Year The amount of tax revenues being brought in by state and local governments is important, as it may indicate the direction of the economy through increased economic activity, it may reflect...
University of Southern California to Issue $730 Million in Taxable Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 08/15/2016: University of Southern California This week’s featured bond comes from the University of Southern California. The home of the Trojans is scheduled to issue $730 million in federally taxable bonds the week of...
State of Connecticut Schedules $500 Million General Obligation | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 08/01/2016: State of Connecticut This week’s featured bond comes from the state of Connecticut. The Constitution State is scheduled to issue $500 million in general obligation bonds the week of August 01, 2016. These...
Drexel University to Issue $112 Million Refunding Bonds – MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/18/2016: Drexel University This week’s featured bond comes from the state of Pennsylvania. Drexel University is scheduled to issue $112 million in revenue refunding bonds the week of July 18, 2016. The purpose of the...
LA Community College District to Issue $300 Million New Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/11/2016: Los Angeles Community College District This week’s featured bond comes from the Los Angeles Community College District (CCD), which scheduled to issue $300 million in school building and refunding bonds the...
Texas School District to Issue $137 Million in School Building Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/05/2016: Coppell Independent School District (TX) This week’s featured bond comes from Coppell Independent School District (ISD), which scheduled to issue $137 million in school building and refunding bonds the week of...
Massachusetts Issues Multiple GO Bond Series
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 06/27/2016: Commonwealth of Massachusetts This week’s featured bond comes from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which scheduled to issue a total of $892 million in general obligation bonds, secured by the full faith...
State GDP Growth: Who Finished 2015 in the Right Direction?
2015 GDP Numbers Show Shifting Regional Momentum This week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released their Gross Domestic Product numbers for each state and region for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the 2015 calendar year. The aggregate change for the U.S. as a...