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Municipal Support for Local Economies in a Public Health Crisis May Include Regulatory Flexibility.
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Senate Committee Clears the Path for Additional WIFIA Funding.
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Luxury Dorm Financed With Muni Bonds Falls Into Bankruptcy.
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Municipal Bonds Can’t Easily Dismiss Doomsayers This Time.
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UBS Sees Muni-Bond Market Facing Biggest Storm in Modern History.
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New York MTA Bonds Rally on Wager Subway Agency Too Big to Fail.
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Green Bond Issuance Dips in Q1, but Long-Term Picture Remains Bright.
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7 Things You Must Do If Your Municipal Bond Defaults.
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House to Feature PABs and BABs in State and Local Stimulus Package.
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Strapped States Face Tough Budget Decisions: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Muni Finances Are a Mess But a Once-Junk City Just Got Upgraded.
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How the State Budget Crisis Could Derail Economic Rebound.
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States, Cities Cut Payrolls by Nearly 1 Million Over Shutdown.
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Virus Pushes America’s Hospitals to the Brink of Financial Ruin.
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Economic Downturn Threatens Cities’ Plans to Sell Housing Bonds.
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S&P Pension Brief: The Future Of U.S. Public Pensions After The Sudden-Stop Recession
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S&P: How Job Losses And Rent Moratoriums Might Affect HFA Multifamily Program Performance
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Municipal and Corporate Borrowers Ramp up Access to Liquidity with Surge in New CUSIP Requests.
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‘Double Whammy’: Oil Crash Adds to Virus Budget Woes in Some States
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Fitch: Coronavirus Causing Dramatic Differences in State Unemployment
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NABL: Coronavirus Relief Fund – Frequently Asked Questions – Updated as of May 4, 2020
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UPDATED: Treasury Publishes FAQs – Coronavirus Relief Fund Payments for State, Local, and Tribal Governments – Ballard Spahr
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Dems Eye Money for Smaller Cities, Towns in Next Virus Bill.
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Fed’s Mester Says Cities and States Need More Government Support.
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House Democrats Pushing Ahead With Possible Aid Vote Next Week.
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Small Investors Ruled the Municipal-Bond World for a Few Days in March.
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Tobacco-Backed Muni Bonds See Boost From Smokers Stuck at Home.
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Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Protection: The Final Option for Municipalities?
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Check Out Your State – And Maybe Sell Its Tax-Exempt Bonds.
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State and Local Governments Pinched as Pandemic Hits Tax Revenue.
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Covid-19 Related Municipal Defaults Begin.
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Coronavirus Shutdown Weighs on Higher-Risk Muni Issuers.
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Muni Market Stages New Sell-Off on McConnell, Supply Wave.
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Muni-Market Doomsday Preppers Buy Basics: Water and Power Bonds.
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Moody’s: Strong Resiliency and Liquidity of Toll Roads Offset Some of Coronavirus’s Credit Negative Effects
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Moody’s: Public Power Utilities Remains Stable but Sector Will Likely Face Lower Liquidity and Coverage in 2020-21.
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Moody’s Outlook: Transportation Outlooks Largely Negative as Coronavirus Saps Demand; Utilities Outlooks Remain Mostly Stable
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S&P: Outlooks Revised On Certain U.S. Not-For-Profit Higher Education Institutions Due To COVID-19 Impact
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Fitch: USPF Housing Defines Coronavirus Scenarios for Loan Program Models
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Cybercriminals Are Beginning to Master the Exploitation of Public Entities: Squire Patton Boggs
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Productive Public-Private Partnering In Times Of Public Crisis: Now Is the Time for A National Investment Authority, A National Investment Council, Or A Health Finance Authority
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Community QE2: Newly Eased Terms and a New Game Plan For Use
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Trump Questions Whether to Aid States in Next Coronavirus-Stimulus Legislation.
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Trump Says He’s in No Rush to Give Money to States Short on Cash.
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Trump Ties Virus Aid for States to Action on ‘Sanctuary’ Cities.
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With the Virus Spreading, Red States Will Need Bailouts, Too.
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Pelosi Says States and Cities Seek $1 Trillion in Next Stimulus.
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Fed Wants States to Try Banks Before $500 Billion Credit Line.
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Fed Tells Municipalities to Seek Funding from Banks First.
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U.S. Fed Extends Help on Bond-Buying to Smaller Cities and Counties.
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Federal Reserve Expands Lending to More Cities and Counties.
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Fed Extends Municipal Liquidity Facility Beyond Largest Cities.
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U.S. Muni Market Assesses Fed’s Lifeline for Cash-Strapped States, Cities.
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How the Fed’s Expanded Support Can Help the Muni Market.
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Fed to Extend Loans to More Cities, Counties.
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Fed Expands Muni-Debt Program to Cover Smaller Cities, Counties.
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Expansion of Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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The Fed Goes Local: A Review of the Municipal Liquidity Facility – Milbank
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Federal Reserve Board Expands the Scope and Duration of the Municipal Liquidity Facility: McGuireWoods
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Federal Reserve Updates Key Features of the Municipal Liquidity Facility: MoFo
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McConnell’s Reckless COVID-19 Bailout Claim on Pensions.
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The Municipal Bond Market is Facing Its Own Challenges Amid Pandemic.
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Municipal Bond Perspective: Where We Go From Here.
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BBN: Taxable Munis Look Attractive At A Discount
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GASB Issues Guidance on Accounting for P3s.
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GASB Provides Guidance to Assist Stakeholders with Implementing Its Pronouncements.
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Oil Price Drop Brings Risk to Energy-Dependent Munis (Radio)
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How U.S. Public Transit Can Survive Coronavirus.
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School Facilities Implications for COVID‐19 Response: Orrick
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Getting Familiar with Education Sector Municipal Debt.
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Fitch Updates Coronavirus Scenarios for U.S. Airports Portfolio.
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S&P Credit FAQ: A Review Of Transportation Criteria: Liquidity And Debt Service Coverage In Light Of COVID-19
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S&P: 18 Utility Rating Outlooks Revised To Stable From Positive Due To Pandemic, Recession Uncertainty
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S&P: Tourism-Dependent U.S. States Could Face Credit Pressure From COVID-19’s Outsized Effects On The Industry
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Fed to Name Participants in Cares Act-Backed Loan Programs.
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Developing Public Finance Concerns in the COVID-19 Era.
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Can the Municipal Bond Market Weather the Coronavirus Storm?
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Robots Bought Munis Amid Record Sell-Off’s ‘Baptism of Fire’
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Two New Muni-Bond Delinquencies Triggered by Coronavirus Crisis.
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The Coronavirus Crisis Is Starting to Hit Muni Bonds. Why That Matters.
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Tax-Exempt Bond Tools for Governments Facing Cash Flow Challenges.
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XBRL US Data Quality Committee Public Exposure of 12th Ruleset.
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Senators Want Federal Innovation Centers to Help State and Local Governments.
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The Fed will Include Smaller Cities and Counties in Its Municipal Lending Program.
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CDFA Bond Provisions Letter Writing Campaign.
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Fed Gearing Up to Help Smaller Local Governments.
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States See No Immediate Sign of Financial Help.
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Fed Outlines Disclosure Plan for Lending Programs.
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Fed’s $500 Billion Muni-Lending Plan Faces Hurdles in State Laws.
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Cohn Says States Deserve Aid in Response to McConnell Reluctance.
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Pelosi Seeks ‘Major’ State Aid, Setting Up Clash With McConnell.
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Fed’s Muni Facility Leaves States Charting Tricky Path to Access.
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How Will the Coronavirus Affect State and Local Government Budgets?
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The Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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Column: As Coronavirus Devastates State Budgets, Conservatives Target Public Worker Pensions
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Fed Municipal Rescue Won’t Avert Fiscal Nightmare, So States Eye Congress.
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McConnell Supports Giving States Bankruptcy Access.
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Bid to Let States Go Bankrupt Met Rapid Demise a Decade Ago.
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U.S. State Bankruptcy Was a Farce Then and Now.
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McConnell State Bankruptcy Remarks Raise Constitutional Questions.
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U.S. State Bankruptcy Push Would Disrupt Municipal Bond Market – BofA
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GFOA Resource Center for Coronavirus Response.
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The GASB Offers Emergency Toolbox to Address Issues Arising from COVID-19.
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UPDATED: A Resource Guide to Coronavirus for Government Leaders
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CDFA COVID-19 Resource Center.
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Municipal Credit Ratings And ESG Ratings: Irreconcilable Differences?
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Term Sheets for Fed COVID-19 Response Facilities.
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California Bond Sale Signals Hope for Muni Market Normalcy.
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An Indiana City’s Bond May Be First to Default Because of Coronavirus.
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GFOA Urges Fourth Stimulus Package to Deal with Coronavirus.
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A Fed Bailout Is Wrong for States and Cities.
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Phone Call Signals Fed Is Treading Cautiously With Muni Lending.
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Muni-Bond Market Is Already Seeing a First Wave of Distress.
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BofA Gets States That Want to Borrow Now Rather Than Wait on Fed.
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Budget Crises Make Mayors And Governors Say ‘Show Me The Money!’
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Counties Say Virus Relief Fund is Shorting Them by Billions.
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Prospect of Steep Service Cuts Looms as Virus Batters State and Local Budgets.
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Fed’s $500B Municipal Bond Buying Could Leave Out Cities with Large Black Populations.
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NABL: Federal Reserve Accepting Comments on Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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Milliman Analysis: Public Pensions Hammered by COVID-19 Economic Volatility, Shedding $419 Billion in Market Value in Q1
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Plunge in Convention Hotel Travel Puts Municipal Bonds at Risk.
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Coronavirus: Gauging the Impact of Economic Dislocation on U.S. State Tax Revenues (Comparing Differences Between States and Incorporating the Impact into Ratings)
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S&P: Tax Filing Extensions Create Liquidity Issues For U.S. States
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Fitch U.S. Public Finance First-Quarter 2020 Rating Actions.
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S&P: How The U.S. Municipal Housing Sector Is Bracing For COVID-19 Related Impact
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S&P Outlooks On Four U.S. Muni Retail Electric, Gas Utilities And Electric Coop Utilities Revised To Stable From Positive
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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: Outlook Revised To Stable From Positive On Tax-Secured Debt Ratings Of Local Governments On Deep Economic Contraction
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S&P: Outlook Revised To Stable From Positive On Eight Affordable Housing Issues Due To Pandemic Uncertainty
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S&P Criteria | Governments | U.S. Public Finance: Methodology For Rating U.S. Public Finance Rental Housing Bonds
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S&P Guidance | Criteria | Governments | U.S. Public Finance: Methodology For Rating U.S. Public Finance Rental Housing Bonds
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S&P RFC Process Summary: Methodology For Rating U.S. Public Finance Rental Housing Bonds
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S&P: Certain U.S. Rental Housing Bonds Ratings Placed Under Criteria Observation Following Criteria Revision
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S&P Credit FAQ: How S&P Global Ratings’ Revised Criteria Look At U.S. Public Finance Rental Housing Bonds
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Nuveen Accused Of ‘Threats And Lies’ – Which Is Why NEA And Its Municipal Bond CEFs Are Great.
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Bonds Started to Falter. Then, the Fed Came to the Rescue.
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Rich Muni Buyers Piled In During Record Crash, Reaping Big Gains.
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Public Banking Would Help Speed the Economic Recovery from COVID-19.
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Deriving Maximum Benefit from Rural Opportunity Zones
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The Case for Adequate Public Transportation Funding During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nossaman
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U.S. Public Finance and Infrastructure: Coronavirus Response So Far
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GFOA: Utility Outreach to Congress Key to Inclusion of Water Funding in Future Stimulus Legislation
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BDA Submits Municipal Note Guarantee Recommendation to Fed.
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GFOA Fiscal First Aid Resource Center.
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Risk Assessments for Municipal GO and Revenue Debt Investors During Economic Downturn.
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When Can Bond Investors Lie to Banks?
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Nuveen Improperly Tried to Destroy Rival, Judge Concludes.
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Preston Hollow Capital Gratified by Delaware Chancery Court’s Finding That Nuveen Used ‘Threats and Lies’ to Stifle Competition in Municipal Bond Market.
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Municipal Bond Defaults Will Be A Wake-Up Call For Bond Insurers.
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Community QE – An April Game Plan for States and Cities.
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Far Worse to Come: COVID-19 Collapse of State and Local Governments
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Can The Fed Save The Municipal Bond Market?
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States, Cities Set for Deficit-Borrowing Spree After Big Tax Hit.
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Fed Expands Corporate-Debt Backstops, Unveils New Programs to Aid States, Cities and Small Businesses.
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Smaller Cities Cry Foul on Coronavirus Aid.
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State Funding Woes Are Dragging the Fed Into Muni-Market Reboot.
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Fed Announces Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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Press Release: BDA Statement on the Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility
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Fed Treads Cautiously Into Muni Market With Loan Lifeline.
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‘Where No Fed Has Gone’: Wall Street Reacts to Muni-Debt Program
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Soaring Bond Yields Drive States, Cities to Buy Back Own Debt.
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Small, Mid-Sized Cities Currently Cut Out of Direct Coronavirus Funding.
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Client Alert: Federal Reserve Creation of a Municipal Liquidity Facility
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The Fed Will Buy State and Local Muni Bonds. It Might Not Cover the Virus Shortfall.
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Fed to Buy Municipal Debt for First Time, Underscoring Peril Facing Cities.
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Muni-Bond Market Reviving After Fed Moves to Ease Cash Crunch.
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Complimentary Resource for NFMA Members.
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Capitol Hill Update: Infrastructure Push Slowed
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COVID-19 And Marijuana: Can Cannabis Municipal Bonds Help Government Budgets?
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Aging Populations Strain State Budgets, Pension Funding Varies.
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Bonds Backed By Special Taxes Hit By Virus, Moody’s Says.
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S&P: Outlooks Revised To Negative On Transportation-Related GO Special District Ratings Due To COVID-19, Global Recession
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S&P: All U.S. Public Finance Sector Outlooks Are Now Negative
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S&P: Outlooks On Certain U.S. Convention Center And Sports Authorities Revised To Negative From Stable On COVID-19 Impact
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Fitch U.S. Water and Sewer Rating Criteria.
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Fitch U.S. Public Power Rating Criteria.
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Helping Public Entities Navigate the COVID-19 Financial Crisis: Squire Patton Boggs
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Tax Anticipation Notes: An Option to Alleviate Municipal Cash Flow Shortages Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak – Day Pittney
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A Proposal for the Coronavirus Anticipation Note (CAN).
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Fitch: CARES Act Gives Higher Education Some Relief
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Assistance Available to Passenger Airlines and Airports – Mintz Levin
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Cannabis Municipal Bonds Could Be The Future.
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Bi-Partisan Push for Infrastructure Emerges.
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Pelosi Says Infrastructure Talks With Mnuchin Are Accelerating.
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Fitch: U.S. Local Government Liquidity to Face Stress Due to Coronavirus
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Why State and Local Debt Is Fraught Territory for the Fed.
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Pelosi, Warren Press Fed to Ride to Rescue of Cities Slammed by Pandemic.
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States Start Grappling With Hit to Tax Collections.
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How Will States and Localities Divide the Fiscal Relief in the Coronavirus Relief Fund?
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Democrats Push for Fed to Decide Who Gets Municipal Rescue.
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States, Cities Already Cutting Jobs With Financial Toll Mounting.
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Billion-Dollar Blows to U.S. States Crater Spending Plans.
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Tax Filing Delays Will Hit Near-Term Liquidity for State Govts.
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Coronavirus Fiscal Fallout on U.S. Muni Issuers Worries Investors.
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S&P: The COVID-19 Outbreak Weakens U.S. State And Local Government Credit Conditions
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COVID-19: A Closer Look At How It Affects 10 Major U.S. Cities
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Coronavirus Is Making the Public Pension Crisis Even Worse.
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Pension Funds Will Take a Big Coronavirus Hit.
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