- Fitch: US Public Finance Issuers Broadly Resilient to Federal Policy Pressure
- Boston Economy Challenged by White House Policies, Moody’s Says.
- Tax-Exemption on Muni Bonds ‘Untouched’ in House Tax-Cut Plan.
- There’s a $1 Trillion Time Bomb Ticking in Muni Finances.
- Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding.
- Are Sanctuary Jurisdictions a Credit Risk?
- Federal Budget Legislation Update and Impact to Local Governments: NLC Webinar
- Burns v. City of San Antonio by and Through City Public Service Board of San Antonio – In action challenging bond validation after the fact, Court of Appeals holds that City’s notice by publication of its declaratory judgment action brought under the Expedited Declaratory Judgment Act (EDJA) seeking a final validation of the issuance was sufficient and that challenger’s due process rights had not been violated due to City’s failure to serve them personally with notice of the EDJA bond validation action.
- And Finally, Res Ipsa Oh My God What’s That Smell? is brought to us this week by Ferguson v. City of Sunrise Beach, in which homeowners sued the city after it “discharged improperly treated wastewater that flowed onto their properties and into nearby cove, causing loss of use and enjoyment of properties.” There does exist the possibility that the presence of raw sewage is incompatible with use and enjoyment. Opinions differ. Plaintiffs alleged that, “…improperly treated wastewater contained high levels of e-coli [sic]…” Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.