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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Private College And University Fiscal 2020 Median Ratios: Metrics Start To Demonstrate Effects Of The Pandemic
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Public College And University Fiscal 2020 Median Ratios: The Pandemic Presents New Challenges In An Increasingly Competitive Landscape
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Fitch: Pandemic Exacerbating U.S. Affordable Housing Stresses
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Fitch: Covid-19 Complicates Housing Affordability (Defining the Gaps for 2021)
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Fitch: Higher US Military Housing Maintenance Costs Pressure Ratings
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Top 10 Airports to Receive $2.4 Billion in U.S. Virus Relief.
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America Needs an Infrastructure Bank.
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What Does President Biden’s Infrastructure Push Mean for Local and State Governments?
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Rethinking Climate Finance to Improve Infrastructure Resilience.
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Infrastructure Financing Authority Opposed by Municipal Securities Groups.
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What’s in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan?
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Infrastructure Deal Within Reach – Muni Provisions Remain a Priority
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Munis In Focus: Impact Of Infrastructure (Radio)
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Lawmakers Tap Budget Maneuvers to Make Infrastructure Plan Work.
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Small Cities Can’t Manage the High Cost of Old Infrastructure.
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What Does President Biden’s Infrastructure Push Mean for Local and State Governments?
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Bonding Time Podcast – Credit Analysis with Tom Kozlik
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Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies.
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The American Jobs Plan’s Effect on the Municipal Bond Market – Taxable Direct Pay Bond
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Risky Muni Yields Hit Decade Low.
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How to Craft an Inflation Strategy Using Muni Bonds.
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Q&A: Municipal Bonds in the Wake of COVID-19
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Municipal Bonds Still Key in the Retirement Income Puzzle.
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Rotation Choices For Expensive Muni CEFs.
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Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Climb for Fourth Straight Month.
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Muni Market Worries Build America Bonds Redux Could Prove Costly.
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Fitch: US Supreme Court ACA Decision Neutral to NFP Hospital Ratings
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These States Lead the Way on Pension Reform.
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Fitch: U.S. Public Power Peer Review Highlights Resilient Credit Quality
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Fitch U.S. Public Power — Peer Review
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Everything You Need to Know About the Infrastructure Bills Traveling Through Congress.
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Munis In Focus: Infrastructure and Lagging Treasuries (Radio)
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Violent Crime Poses Credit Risk to U.S. Cities, Hilltop Says.
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The Upheaval in Municipal Bonds Shows No Signs of Slowing.
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Municipal-Bond ETF Inflows Post Another Record.
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‘We’ve Seen a Really Good Rally in Municipal Bonds’: BlackRock Municipal Bond Group Head
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Munis Are the ‘Valedvictorian’ of Fixed-Income: Newfleet’s Heaney
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Improving Public Pension Returns Add to Case for Muni Bond ETFs.
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‘Food Fight’ in the Municipal-Bond Market as Demand Devours all Supply.
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Muni-Bond Hunters Left Empty-Handed With Trading at 16-Year Low.
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Lofty Muni Valuations Show No Sign of Ebbing in Demand Onslaught.
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Munis Hit $100 Billion in Net Inflows from January to May.
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Investors Are Backing ‘BAB’ as State and Local Finances Solidify.
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Junk Bonds Are Dominating Even One of America’s Safe Havens.
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Munis In Focus: Buyers HODL As Spread Ship Hits Iceberg (Radio)
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List.
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S&P: History Of U.S. State Ratings
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S&P: How U.S. CDFIs Meet Financial And Social Missions, And The Rating Implications That Follow
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S&P: U.S. States’ And Transit Debt Hit Emergency Brake During Pandemic As Infrastructure Needs Accelerated
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Cities Need More Than Rescue Aid to Fix Their Roads.
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Finding the Revenues to Pay for Infrastructure.
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Fitch: Public Infrastructure Cyberattacks May Pose Broad Financial Risk
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American Rescue Plan Revenue Replacement Calculator Now Available: GFOA
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Governors Begin Proposing Uses of American Rescue Plan Act Funds.
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Muni Strategies For An Inflationary Climate.
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Municipal Bond ETFs Are On the Up.
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RMI: Muni Fund With A Unique Approach
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Bond Funds/ETFs Can Deliver Meaningful Returns; Cash Can’t.
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SIFMA US Municipal Bonds Statistics.
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S&P ESG Brief: Emerging Themes In U.S. Public Finance
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Distressed Muni Borrowers Are Still Piling Up in Pandemic’s Wake.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Falter House Muni Caucus Adds Republican Co-Chair.
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Infrastructure and Municipals Expectations and Predictions for the Remainder of 2021.
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Fitch: U.S. Toll Roads and the Pandemic (Near-Term Impacts Likely to Fade)
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Fitch: Post-Pandemic New Normal Uneven for U.S. Toll Roads
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GFOA Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Guidance FAQs.
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How U.S. States Should Spend Their $350 Billion Windfall.
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Nation’s Mayors, Cities and Counties Send Joint Letter to House and Senate Leaders Opposing Clawback Proposals to Repurpose ARP Funds.
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The Exacerbation of the Opioid Crisis during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Strain on Local Government Resources.
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Panel Explores City Budgeting Priorities Amid Continued Economic Uncertainty.
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Biden’s Big Plans Bypass Green-Linked Debt That Investors Crave.
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Munis in Focus (Bloomberg Radio)
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Municipal Bond ETFs: A Safer Alternative to High Yield.
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Municipal Bonds: Breaking Down The Strength In The Market In 2021.
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How To Profit From The Currently Insatiable Demand For Municipal Bonds.
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Do State and Local Governments Need to Worry About Inflation?
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Biden’s Internet Plan Pits Cities Against Dominant Carriers.
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American Cities and States have Issued $72B of Pension Bonds. Here’s What That Means.
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S&P: ‘Back To School’ Will Take On New Meaning This Fall
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Biden’s American Rescue Plan Boosting Munis, ‘BAB’
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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Could Push More Cities to Offer Internet Service Directly.
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Reversing Corporate Tax Cuts to Fund Infrastructure Would Boost Equity and Growth.
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U.S. Airline Flyers Creep Up Toward 2 Million in Travel Rebound.
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Municipal Bonds: The Next Sustainable Opportunity
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Bipartisan Highway Bill Advances in Senate, Offering a Path Through Infrastructure Morass.
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To Fix America’s Infrastructure, Start Here.
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Who Will Pay for the Roads?
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Senate Leadership Waivers on Infrastructure Process – Munis Remain a Bipartisan Priority.
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The Smartest Way to Finance Clean Energy that You’ve Never Heard Of.
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Credit Quality Has Substantially Improved: Zezas (Radio)
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The Municipal Market May Be on the Brink of a Dramatic Shift.
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Why Have Municipal Bonds Grown So Popular?
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Will Municipal Bond ETFs Shatter Records in 2021?
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High Yield Munis And The Tax Debate.
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As Tax Talks Ramp Up, Investors Turning to High-Yield Munis.
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Bond ETF Demand By Insurers Rising.
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Pandemic Population Change Across Metro America: Accelerated Migration, Less Immigration, Fewer Births and More Deaths
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Fiscal Justice Rating Firm Will Judge Cities’ Inequity Risks.
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Fitch Ratings Publishes ESG Discovery Tool for Public Finance and Global Infrastructure.
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Emerging Environmental, Social, and Governance Trends in the Municipal Bond Market.
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US Supreme Court Allows Oil and Gas Companies to Appeal Jurisdictional Issues in Baltimore Climate Suit.
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Fitch Affirms U.S. Municipal Standalone GARVEE Ratings.
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S&P: Recent Developments In The Tobacco Securitization Market
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Fitch: Uncertain Return to Cruising Pressures US Port Revenues
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Municipal Finance Tools are Getting Extensive Consideration by Congress.
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‘Build America Bonds’ Revival Draws Bipartisan Support in Congress.
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Munis In Focus: Build America Bonds (Radio)
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Washington Wants to Bring Back Build America Bonds. The Muni Market Isn’t Buying It.
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Stress Tests for Hospital Lenders Mean More Pain for Patients.
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The States and Cities With the Strongest and Weakest Levels of Capital Investment.
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Fitch: ARPA Interim Rule Limits Credit Positives for States and Locals
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U.S. Department of the Treasury Launches the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program: Ballard Spahr
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Questions Loom for States, Localities About How to Spend Billions in Covid Relief Funds.
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SIFMA: Funding and Financing Options to Bolster American Infrastructure
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America’s School Infrastructure Needs a Major Investment of Federal Funds to Advance an Equitable Recovery.
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There’s a Better Way to Pay for Infrastructure.
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How to ‘Build Back Better’ with Public-Private Partnerships.
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Senate Lawmakers Release $304B Bipartisan Roads Proposal.
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Who Will Pay for the Roads?
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Infrastructure Bond Bill Could Boost Life Insurers’ Earnings.
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6 Funding Methods to Achieve Climate Equity in US Cities.
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Municipal Market Sales Slacken, Raising Supply Alarms.
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Municipal-Bond Inflows are Smashing Records in 2021.
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How President Biden Might Affect the Muni Bond Market?
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3 Reasons Why Muni Bonds Are Still a Good Buy.
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Why Tax-Free Munis Are Still A Buy.
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An ETF With A Different Take on ESG Investing.
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Why Go for a Municipal Bond ETF?
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GFOA Pre-Order: An Elected Official’s Guide – Managing Your Community’s Assets: Capital Planning & Debt
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S&P Credit FAQ: Risks In The Insurance Sector Ripple Through To U.S. Public Finance Rental Housing Projects
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List
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S&P COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance.
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Why Local Governments Don’t Pay for Expensive Disaster Insurance.
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Public Finance Note: Milken Institute Public Finance Newsletter
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Colleges Bond Deals Betting on Resurrection of Campus Dorm Life.
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Analysis: How Governments Can Effectively Spend American Rescue Plan Funds
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U.S. Offers States $350 Billion in Aid, With Conditions.
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91% of Cities Say Insufficient Funding Delaying Critical Infrastructure Investments.
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The Death and Life of the Central Business District.
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Fitch: Job Recoveries Up Sharply for Most U.S. Metros
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N.Y.’s Biggest Mall Borrowed Big and Now Can’t Pay.
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Texas Advances Bill Targeting Bank of America, Citi Over Gun Policies.
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Corporate & Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Climb for Third Straight Month.
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Rising Tide Lifts Municipal Bonds.
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Muni Bonds Push Higher.
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Why Municipal Bonds Are Springing Back to Life.
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Are We Entering a ‘New Golden Decade’ for Municipal Bonds?
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Jumping Into The ‘Green’ Muni Market.
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Munis In Focus: What Kind Of Bond Is Best? (Bloomberg Radio)
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Muni Sales for New Projects Hit 10-Year High as Economy Revives.
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Going Wide With Muni Ladders: The Long And Short Of It.
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CEF Insider Finds Value in Munis.
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Bond Investors Can Turn to Muni ETFs for Steady Yields at Lower Tax Rates.
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For Debt Stability and Tax Exemption, Consider Muni Bond ETFs.
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How the Opioid Crisis Hurts Muni Finance Stability: New Study
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Fitch: Higher Ed Federal Aid Blunts Pandemic Impact for Some.
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Fitch: Clean Energy Plans Spur Shifts for Public Entities, Projects
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Fitch Ratings Updates Public-Sector Counterparty Obligations in PPP Transactions Rating Criteria.
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In Wake of Water Plant Cyber Attack, Feds Fund Research on Protecting Critical Infrastructure.
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Water, Water Everywhere: Infrastructure Push Includes Significant Investment for Water Systems – Hunton Andrews Kurth
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Fitch: ESG Factors Affect All US Public Finance Sectors
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What Does the Housing Market Boom Mean For Local and State Governments?
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Pacific Northwest Firm Wants Blockchain to Work for Small Muni Borrowers.
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Want to Play the Travel Recovery With Small Risk? Airport Bonds Are Looking Better, Says Moody’s.
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A $4.5B Pool of Economic Recovery Funds States, Localities Can Tap Into.
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Public Pensions Won’t Earn as Much from Investments in the Future. Here’s Why That Matters.
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6 Innovative Funding Methods To Achieve Climate Action & Equity In US Cities.
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A Muni Bond Fund Wins Big by Being Small. Here’s How.
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Yield-Starved Investors Snap Up Muni Bonds.
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Taxable Muni Bonds Are an Under-the-Radar Opportunity.
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Buyers Flee to Municipal Bonds on Biden’s Tax Plan.
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Muni Bonds See Longest Winning Streak Over Treasuries Since 2014.
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Munis In Focus: Cash Tsunami Set to Swamp Muni Market (Radio)
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Stifel Pressured to Drop Controversial Alabama Prison Bond Deal.
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Citi Executive Told Peers Nuveen Demand Was ‘Outrageous.’
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Hilltop Securities Sues Ex-Employee for Stealing Client Data.
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What Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Means for Municipal Bonds.
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Senate Bill Would Create New Municipal Bond to Fund Infrastructure Projects.
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Denver Airport Is a Model for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan.
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Fitch Ratings Updates FAST Assumptions for U.S. State and Local Governments.
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Bank of America, Citi Risk Hit to Their Texas Businesses Over Gun Policies.
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Local Government Antitrust Immunity for Atrium Health.
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Airport Muni Bonds Rally as Vaccines Herald Travel Rebound.
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Fitch: US Airport and Toll Road Traffic Slowly Returning to Normal
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Military Housing: Performance Is Stable As Investment Needs Build
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S&P Updated Scores For U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas Based On Various Criteria For 2020.
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S&P: Federal Aid Helps Lift The Cloud Over U.S. State Budgets
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List
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S&P History Of U.S. State Ratings.
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Fitch: Jobs Coming Back in Greater Numbers for U.S. States
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Congress Urged to Use Muni Tax Breaks to Help Black Colleges.
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BDA Statement on HBCU Financing.
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Examining the Role of Municipal Bond Markets in Advancing – and Undermining – Economic, Racial and Social Justice – SIFMA Testimony
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Municipal Bonds May Be Poised For A Great 2021, Thanks To Policy Makers.
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Munis In Focus: Rates Go Up, Municipal Bonds Go Down (Bloomberg Radio)
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3 Tax-Free Ways To “Front-Run” The Biden Infrastructure Boom.
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Inflation? For Muni Investors, The Right Strategy Is Key.
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New Plays In The Municipal Bond Market.
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Fitch: Improving Metrics Support Path to Airport, Airline Rating Stabilization
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