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Court Ruling on Unions No Lifesaver for Illinois’ Sinking Finances.
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Michigan State to Fund $500 Million Sex-Abuse Settlement Through Bond Offering.
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Fitch: Recent Labor Board Ruling Highlights Implementation Risk in Illinois’ Enacted Budget.
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Puerto Rico Signs Law to Overhaul Storm-Battered Energy Utility.
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Taxpayers in the Hamptons Among the Most Exposed to Rising Seas.
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S&P Medians And Credit Factors: Maryland Counties And Municipalities
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Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Hopes to Spur Critical Infrastructure Investment.
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Court Allows Certain City of Oakland Claims to Proceed Against National Bank.
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Kentucky Supreme Court Limits Charitable Tax Exemption to Property Taxes Only.
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The Wealthy Atlanta Suburb Fighting to Secede From Its City.
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Researcher: Harvey’s Pension Problems the First, But ‘Certainly Won’t Be Last,’ to run afoul of state law
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Connecticut Wants to Borrow $500 Million. In Return, It Promises Thrift.
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Breaking Up California Would Throw the Muni-Market Into Turmoil.
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Puerto Rico Asks Buyers of Rickety Power System to Rewrite Rules.
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S&P: Pension Pressures For Illinois Municipalities Could Become An Imminent Budgetary Challenge Under The State’s Revenue Intercept Law.
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Wholesale Water Contract: Arkansas Court of Appeals Addresses Municipality/Water Authority Rate Calculation Dispute.
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Twenty Years of STAR Bond Investment in Kansas Reaps Big Rewards, a Few Flops.
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Judge OKs Steel Valley Bond Issue to Finance Pay Inequities for Teachers.
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Atlanta Locks in Savings on Sewer Debt Even as Market Shrinks for Municipal Bonds.
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Hounded by Woes, Chicago Sees Musk’s Train as Win for Its Economy.
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California Cities Keep Declaring Fiscal ‘Emergencies,’ and Investors Are in on It.
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Illinois Governor Signs ‘Balanced but Imperfect’ FY 2019 Budget.
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S&P: Despite An On-Time Budget For Fiscal 2019, It’s More Of The Same In Illinois.
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A Connecticut Bond Default Isn’t Out of the Question.
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Puerto Rico’s Sales-Tax Bonds Soar on Optimism About Deal.
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Puerto Rico Tax Deal Gives Federal Board Power Over Use of Cash.
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Puerto Rico’s Governor Leaves $0.00 for Bondholders.
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S&P: New York State’s Enacted 2019 Budget And Tax Reform Good For PIT Bondholders, But For Taxpayers It Depends.
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S&P Medians And Credit Factors: Tennessee Local Governments.
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S&P: Georgia Cities Face Potential Negative Impact If Issues With Large-Scale Deannexations Become More Pervasive Or Go Unaddressed.
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S&P: Minnesota’s New Pension Bill Is A Positive Step Toward Sustainable Funding.
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Houston’s Third Ward Turns to Community Land Trust Model.
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Houston Unveils $1 Billion Harvey Aid Action Plan.
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A Seismic Change Is Coming to California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.
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Fitch: Water Conservation Regulations Not Likely to Affect California Utilities.
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How California Could Get Its Money Out of Wall Street.
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Fitch: Hawaii Credits Unaffected as Volcano Continues.
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With Shootings on the Rise, Schools Turn to ‘Active Shooter’ Insurance.
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How to Calculate What Opioid Overdoses Cost Government.
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Tough Conversations About Climate Change Planning in California.
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The Role of Community Land Trusts After Hurricane Maria.
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Illinois Passes Budget, Moving to Avert Repeat of Impasse.
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Illinois’ Accounting Practices Deny Investors Transparency.
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Savings From Illinois’ Pension Buyout Plan Could Fall Short.
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Moody’s Says State Withholding Harvey Money is “Credit Negative” for all Illinois Municipalities.
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Credit Analysts Focus on Substance Over Timing of Illinois Budget.
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Fitch Downgrades Illinois’ $2.5B Build Illinois Bonds to ‘A-‘; Outlook Negative.
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Puerto Rico Update: Bond Insurers Leading A Divided Charge.
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Fitch: Budget Impact of Marijuana Legalization Modest for NYC.
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Fitch: California Solar Rule Neutral for Resi, Power Issuers.
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Florida Cities Are Most at Risk From Climate Change, Report Says.
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S&P: Colorado SB 18-200 Outlines A Path Toward Pension Funding; Is It Enough?
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S&P Medians And Credit Factors: Virginia Local Governments.
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L.A. Metro Boosts Disclosure With New Investor Website.
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S&P: California’s Tax Increment Bonds Prove Increasingly Resilient; Sector Trend Is Stable To Positive.
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Chicago Schools Double Bond Sale as Rates Head Higher.
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S&P: Pension Pressures For Illinois Municipalities Could Become An Imminent Budgetary Challenge Under The State’s Revenue Intercept Law.
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Chicago Schools Sell Upsized Bond Deal Ahead of Schedule.
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WV Governor Announces Bond Sales and Investor Relations Website
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City of Billings Sued Over Franchise Fees in Utility Bills.
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Congress Was Just Handed a Blueprint for Solving Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis.
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Seattle Wanted to Break Up With Wells Fargo. Then It Committed to Three More Years.
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Pitch $10 Billion Debt-Cutting Deal.
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Puerto Rico Bonds Rally as Rival Creditors Float Settlement.
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S&P: Puerto Rico Bondholders’ Proposed Settlement May Resolve Conflict But Leaves Treatment Of Tax Revenues Unclear.
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California Private Activity Bond Market Took a Big Dive in 2017.
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California’s Governor Race Has Bond Investors Worried.
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How Long Beach Found Itself in Financial Crisis.
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How Detroit Battled Its Way Out of Bankruptcy.
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Every Illinoisan Owes $11,000 for Pensions With No Fix in Sight.
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Santa Fe Task Force: Try for State Public Bank, Not a City One.
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Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Advisers Could Get Closer Scrutiny.
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Puerto Rico Bonds Rally as Rival Creditors Float Settlement.
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Fitch: US – China Tariffs Could Hurt Some US States In Midterm.
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Fitch: Amazon HQ2 May Have Some Long-Term Credit Impact.
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Fitch: Kentucky Wired Wins Commonwealth Approvals; Funding Hurdle Remains.
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Blockchain Municipal Bond Plan Inches Forward With Berkeley Vote.
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California City Infamous for Graft Seeks Muni-Market Atonement.
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S&P: New Jersey’s Pension-Funded Ratios Improve, But Liabilities Are Expected To Remain Large.
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Rep. Lofgren Introduces Clean Energy Victory Bond Act.
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Near-Junk Illinois to Sell More Bonds – Will Investors Buy In?
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Illinois Faces Rising Yields as Politics Cloud Return to Market.
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Who Ruined Illinois?
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Fitch: Illinois Securitization Structures Not Subject to State Revenue Diversion.
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State Ends Direct Oversight of Detroit Finances.
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Detroit Gains Freedom to Oversee its Own Finances.
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Detroit Exits State Oversight as City Mounts Fiscal Recovery.
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S&P: Detroit’s Momentum Continues With Latest Fiscal Plan And Financial Review Commission Oversight Waiver.
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Illinois’ $500 mln Bond Sale Gets Boost from Yield Hunters.
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RBC Capital Markets Selects Bloomberg’s Evaluated Pricing Service for Municipal Bonds.
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Advocates Push for Changes to Proposed Land Bank Ordinance.
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New Report Digs Into Drastically Underfunded Illinois Police, Fire Pensions.
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Board Approves Austerity Plans for Puerto Rico Amid Protests.
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Fitch: California Water Capital Spending to Rise as Operating Risks Mount.
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Puerto Rico Board Backs Fiscal Plan Amid Clash With Governor.
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As Puerto Rico Creditors Eye Payout, Islanders Get Angry.
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Puerto Rico Oversight Board Plan Sees Biggest Budget Surplus.
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CDFI Case Study on the California Capital Access Programs.
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Three Ways P3s Can Be Used in KY Today.
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Denver Looks to Cannabis Industry to Help Finance Affordable Housing.
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Akron Buys School Bonds in Deal that Quietly Settles a Multimillion-Dollar Dispute.
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Illinois GO, Hovering Above ‘Junk’ Credit, Among Prominent Deals Next Week.
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Somerville to Offer Residents the Opportunity to Purchase Minibonds.
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Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Builders Close to Accessing Public Funds.
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Fitch: Kentucky Wired Dispute Puts Project, Commonwealth Ratings at Risk.
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Fitch: Chicago O’Hare Airport Inks New Airline Agreement.
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Lafayette, La., Mayor Floats Cryptocurrency Financing Plan.
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S&P Drops Connecticut GO Debt Rating to ‘A’ from ‘A-plus’
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S&P: Aging Subway System Puts Pressure On New York City And State To Find New Funding For The Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Climate Change Nuisance Suit to Remain in Federal Court.
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Candidates Avoid Talk About Illinois’ Pension Problem.
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Fitch: Chicago O’Hare Airport Inks New Airline Agreement.
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Fitch Places Two CO Charter School Ratings on Watch Positive with Criteria Change.
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Las Vegas Sets Bond Sale for the New Raiders’ Stadium.
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It’s So Bad in Illinois Its Bonds Pay Like a Reviled Jersey Mall.
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Stunned Investors Reap 95% Gains on Defaulted Puerto Rico Bonds.
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Scandal-Plagued Chicago Suburb Sues Over Pension Crisis.
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Puerto Rico Lawsuit Opens Door to Fiscal Plan Talks – Bond Insurers
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Puerto Rico Forecasts $6 Billion Surplus As Bonds Soar.
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Connecticut Reduces Size of Bond Deal by 15 Percent to $526 Million.
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Fitch: N.J. Exec Budget; New Revenue & Spending; Legacy Costs Remain Driver.
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Finally See a Big Win.
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New Jersey to Refund Junk Tobacco Bonds for $3.2 billion of High-Grade Paper.
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Ratings Downgrade: New York’s MTA Debt is Getting Riskier.
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Connecticut Borrows at Higher Price as Credit Woes Weigh.
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Finally See a Big Win.
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Illinois Candidates Vie to Lead State With Nation’s Worst Credit Rating.
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Baltimore to Use New Form of Financing for Green Infrastructure Projects to fight water pollution.
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Fitch: Florida Underscores State Commitment to Toll Projects.
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Fitch: N.J. Exec Budget; New Revenue & Spending; Legacy Costs Remain Driver.
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New School in Brandon to be Built Using Public Funds, Not P3 model.
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Fitch: Florida Ballot Measure to Limit Tax Increases Could Reduce Future Flexibility.
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Fitch: West Virginia Employee Wage Dispute Highlights Fiscal Pressures.
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Michigan Reveals Post-Detroit Pension Woes.
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Connecticut Won’t Default on Pension Bonds, Budget Director Says.
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Kansas Lawmakers Giving STAR Bonds, Economic Incentives, A Hard Look.
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Long-Awaited Decision Sets New Jersey Methodology for Municipal Affordable Housing Obligations.
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New Jersey in Trouble: Is Phil Murphy Their Savior.
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Commentary: How Pension Costs Clobbered One Small California City.
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How Santa Cruz is Going Under, Like Many California Cities.
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Murphy’s Promises Meet Budget Reality as New Jersey Pension Hole Looms.
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S&P: Pension Assumption Delay Makes Near-Term New Jersey Budgets More Manageable, But Doesn’t Address Long-Term Pension Issue.
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Puerto Rico Could Cut Spending to the Bone – and Still Never Recover.
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Why Puerto Rico Is Proving to Be 2018’s Top Bond Investment.
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U.S. Stands Ready to Extend Loans to Puerto Rico, Mnuchin Says.
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Fitch: West Virginia Employee Wage Dispute Highlights Fiscal Pressures.
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Fitch: Los Angeles’ FY 2018 Operational Deficit Remains Solvable, But Challenges Continue.
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Fitch: WV Strike Shows Janus May Have Little Impact on US Locals.
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S&P: Pension Assumption Delay Makes Near-Term New Jersey Budgets More Manageable, But Doesn’t Address Long-Term Pension Issue.
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Michigan’s Oversight of Troubled Cities Waning.
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Fitch Affirms Chicago, IL IDR and GO Bonds at ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable.
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Fitch: New York State PIT Bonds Unlikely to be Affected by Proposed State Tax Changes.
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Houston, Los Angeles Set to Sell Airport Bonds Next Week.
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City Of Cambridge Sells Over $800,000 In Mini-Bonds In One Day.
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CITIGROUP Drove Puerto Rico Into Debt. Now it Will Profit From Privatization on the Island.
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Best’s Briefing: Worst-Case Scenario on Puerto Rico Power Utility Debt Likely Still Within Insurers’ Risk Appetites.
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Detroit Mayor Proposes ‘Last’ Budget Under State Oversight.
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Missouri Hospital Becomes Second Municipal Bankruptcy of 2018.
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S&P: Pension Pressures Are Likely To Weigh On Illinois Municipal Credit Quality.
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Berkeley’s Plan to Make Its Own Cryptocurrency Raises Eyebrows.
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S&P: Illinois Embarks On A Fiscal High-Wire Act In New Budget Proposal.
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Pittsburgh is Back from Near Bankruptcy.
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California Cities’ Pension Bills May Rise With Calpers Move.
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Fitch: IL Governor’s Budget Proposal Relies on Significant Cost Shifts.
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Fitch: CalPERS Funding Change Means More Pressure for California Local Governments.
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Puerto Rico’s Creditors Unite To Call For A Credible, Pro-Growth Fiscal Plan.
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Creditors Cry Foul on Puerto Rico’s Latest Fiscal Plan.
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Puerto Rico Bonds Stage Record Rally as Surplus Projected.
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Gov. Dannel Malloy Offers Plan To Ease Connecticut Tax Burden.
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Fitch: PA Budget Proposal Would Close Gap; Prospects Uncertain.
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State of California Launches New Bond Investor Platform Powered by BondLink.
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S&P: Former Kansas Governor’s Final Budget Proposal Shows Both Structural Imbalance And Revenue Growth
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S&P: Can Texas Local Governments Afford Their Pension Obligations?
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S&P: Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including Potential Pressure To Fund Pension Benefits.
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Illinois’ Lousy Credit Rating: It’s Contagious.
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Detroit City Council Approves $55 Million Bond Repurchase Plan.
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Column: Proposed $107 Billion Bond Isn’t the Cure for Illinois’ Public Pension Crisis.
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Illinois’s Magic Pension Trick.
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Survey: Mayors View Climate Change as Pressing Urban Issue.
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Fitch: Governor Brown’s Final Budget Proposal Points to Sustainable Path for California.
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Hawaii Gives Bond Buyers Something Else to Fret About: Missiles.
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Illinois Bond Spread Hits Six-Month High Over Political Discord.
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Hope, Fear as Puerto Rico Moves to Privatize Power Company.
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Puerto Rico Bondholders, Undeterred by Plan, Await Day in Court.
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For Sale: One Bankrupt, Hated, Hurricane-Ravaged Power Utility.
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Kroll Bond Rating Agency Affirms Assured Guaranty Municipal’s AA+ Financial Strength Rating with Stable Outlook.
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Calif. Cities Should Look to this S.F. Affordable Housing Finance Model.
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Fitch: California Pension Ruling Highlights Reform Obstacles.
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S&P: California’s Governor Brown, In Final Budget Proposal, Seeks To Preserve Fiscal Gains.
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Chicago To Go To Market Next Week With Smaller Bond Sale.
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Report: Other Cities Not Likely to Follow Hartford’s Financial Path.
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Moody’s Raises Newark’s Credit Outlook To Positive.
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KBRA Assigns a Long-Term Rating of AA with a Stable Outlook to TBTA’s General Revenue Bonds, Series 2018A.
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KBRA Assigns Rating of AA+/Stable Outlook to Connecticut’s Special Tax Obligation Bonds Transportation Infrastructure Purposes.
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Moody’s Raises Newark’s Credit Outlook To Positive.
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Fitch: Diverse Economy Buoys Puget Sound Local Governments.
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Florida’s Population Boom Helps Fuel Demand for Dirt Bonds.
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California’s Brown Backs Fiscal Restraint Cheered by Wall Street.
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California’s Brown Raises Prospect of Pension Cuts in Downturn.
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