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Utilities Helped Puerto Rico Fix Its Power Grid. Now They Face Hefty Tax Bills.
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Holdout Bondholders Join Puerto Rico Sales Tax Debt Restructuring.
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Fitch Ratings: Prop 6 Highlights Impact of Voter Initiatives on CA
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Massive Study Shows California Schools Face Bleak Financial Future.
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S&P Medians And Credit Factors: California Schools
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UBS Investors Dealt Setback Over Puerto Rico Fund Losses.
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Port of Wilmington Uses P3 Concession to Develop Port Facilities.
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Public Finance Watchdog Gives Illinois an “F”
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Fitch: California Public Power Utilities Face Carbon Neutral Target in 2045.
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AT&T, City of LA Explore Smart Cities Public-Private Partnership.
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Bank of Los Angeles: No Plan Just Promises
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Highland Park Joins Three Other Suburbs in Forming Liability Insurance Cooperative.
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The ‘Iron Lady’ Trying to Fix Puerto Rico’s Money Problems.
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Council Members Told Nothing Will Change if Gary Sells, Then Leases Back, its Police Headquarters.
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Wells Fargo Bolsters Public Finance Team on Both Coasts.
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New Orleans Convention Center’s View ‘Substantially’ Misses Value of Proposed Hotel’s Public Funding, Watchdog Says.
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North Las Vegas Rebounds From Near Insolvent to Investment Grade.
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Teetering Chicago Suburb Sued by Investors After Bond Default.
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Exit by Trump Foe Emanuel Raises Concerns for Corporate Chicago.
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Cook County Board Considering New Revenue Forecasting Commission.
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Michigan Public Finance: Election Do’s and Don’ts for School Districts
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Florida Blazing the Trail for P3 Legislation: Bilzin Sumberg
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Pennsylvania’s Imminent Report on Investment Fees: What’s Coming Next?
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California Utility Frets on Fire Costs as State Dodges Action.
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S&P Medians And Credit Factors: California Municipalities
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A Public Bank for LA: Instead of Sending Hundreds of Millions to Predatory Finance, Angelenos’ Taxes Can Fund Community Development
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New Jersey Authorizes Expanded Use of P3s.
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Brightline Rail System Wins Approval to Issue Tax-Exempt Bonds. Not Everyone is Cheering.
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Norton to Introduce Bill Affording New Way for D.C. to Secure Private Funding for Public Infrastructure Projects.
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Developing with Other People’s Dollars: Leveraging Public Property in NC for Private Development
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Ambac Announces Execution of COFINA Plan Support Agreement.
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New Puerto Rico Bond Group Starts Negotiations.
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Fitch Rates Chicago Housing Authority, IL GO Bonds ‘AA-‘; Outlook Stable.
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Is This The Real Reason For Chicago’s Pension Obligation Bond Proposal?
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Emanuel Defends $10 billion Pension Bond Plan.
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Chicago Mulls $10 billion Debt Sale to Fill Pension Funding Hole – Here’s Why It’s a Bad Idea
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In Unusual Move, Fifth + Broadway Developer Seeks $25M in Tax-Exempt Bonds from MDHA.
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Illinois Prepares to Borrow After Moving Off Precipice of Junk.
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A Year After Devastating Storm, Houston Area Votes on Record Bond.
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No Conspirators or Smoking Gun in Puerto Rico Report: Joe Mysak
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New Jersey P3 Legislation Expands Opportunities for Major Infrastructure Projects, Including Roads: Ballard Spahr
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Houston’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Bet to Survive the Next Harvey.
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NJ Bill Authorizing Assessments, Bonds to Fund Replacement of Lead-Contaminated Water Lines Signed into Law.
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Federal Lawsuit: Stockbridge Claims Creating City of Eagle’s Landing Violates Voter Rights, Bond Credibility
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Chicago Has Another Bond for You.
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S&P: New Jersey’s Revised School Funding Formula Leads To Mixed Results For Districts.
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Environmental Impact Bonds Could Help Pay for Louisiana Coastal Restoration.
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New Jersey Governor Murphy Signs New Public-Private Partnership Law.
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New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Modifying Sewer and Water Connection Fee Calculations Into Law.
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Chicago’s Fiscal Storm.
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What If Banks Were Publicly Owned? In LA, This May Soon Be A Reality.
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Huntington Buys Chicago-Based Public Finance Investment Bank.
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Wells Fargo Public Finance Hires Two Ex-Morgan Stanley Bankers.
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California Becomes First State to Pledge to Use ‘Green’ Financing to Combat Climate Change.
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S&P State Brief: South Dakota
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Puerto Rico Sends Costlier Reconstruction Plan to U.S. Congress.
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For Puerto Rico, Dream of Financial Recovery Masks Grim Reality.
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Puerto Rico’s Biggest Bond Challenge Is Yet to Come.
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S&P State Brief: Alaska
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Novel Watershed Permit Issued for Cape Cod towns.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Continues Rulings Against Municipal Zoning Authority.
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Like Hartford, New Haven “Scoops & Tosses”
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Chicago Suburb to Be Title Sponsor of Bahamas Bowl Game.
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After Harvey, Houston Hopes to Boost Flood Defenses With $2.5 Billion Bond.
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Puerto Rico Power Utility Reaches Deal With Bondholders.
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Chicago Faces Lowest Budget Gap Since 2007 in Coming Fiscal Year.
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Puerto Rico Power Utility Bonds Soar on Restructuring Deal.
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Philadelphia’s Budget: An Example of the Revenue and Expenditure Balancing Act.
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WIFIA Program Closes Two New Loans in California.
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Orrick Advises Enterprise Development Authority on Senior Secured Notes Offering and Credit Facility.
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Standard & Poor’s Increases Credit Rating for the State of Michigan from AA- to AA.
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Madison to Offer Municipal ‘Mini Bonds’
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A Look at What a Public Bank Could Mean for D.C.
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Senate Liberals Seek New Puerto Rico Debt Relief.
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New Jersey May Borrow $450 Mln to Protect Schools From Guns.
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S&P: Is Long Island Power Authority’s Fiscal Gain Local Governments’ Credit Pain?
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CA Pension Fund Earnings Up, but Crushing Debts Remain.
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Federal Aviation Administration Announces that Municipalities May Not Regulate Airspace — Even for Drones
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U.S. Conference of Mayors and Ohio Mayors Alliance Release Report on Ohio Metro Economies.
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Oregon Weighs Record Bond for Housing as Real Estate Prices Jump.
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Fitch: Nacogdoches Hospital (TX) Bondholders Not Insulated from Weak Operations.
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S&P: Will Wildfires Scorch California’s Utilities?
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Wells Fargo Takes $8.7 million Arbitration Hit Over Puerto Rican Bonds.
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San Francisco Issues Wastewater Infrastructure Green Bonds.
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New York Auctions $1.8 Billion Sales Tax Debt.
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Hands-Off Approach May Be Changing in Hub of Muni Bankruptcies.
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New Hampshire BFA Issues RFP for National Bond Administration Services.
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Alaska’s Tax-Credit Bond Plan Raises ‘Subject-to-Appropriation’ Questions.
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Puerto Rico Bankrupt Utility Is Leaderless After Pay Scandal.
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U.S. Judge Nixes Move to Toss Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Case.
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Puerto Rico Utility Directors Resign, Alleging Political Interference.
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S&P Withdraws Various Puerto Rico Gov’t Agency Ratings.
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New Jersey Is Back From the ‘Abyss,’ Murphy Says. Credit Raters Need More.
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Fitch: California Better Equipped for Next Recession.
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Fitch: Georgia Water Credits Risks Rise in Dispute with Florida.
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Fitch Upgrades DC to ‘AA+’ and Rates $476MM GOs ‘AA+’; Outlook Stable.
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New York City Turns Inward With 2019 Budget.
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Connecticut Receives Federal Approval for All Qualified Opportunity Zone Nominations.
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Is Washington, D.C. Prepared for the Amazon HQ2 ‘Prosperity Bomb’?
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New Municipal Public Right of Way Laws Fueled by Changes to Ohio Revised Code.
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Why It May Be Time to Own Illinois, Connecticut Debt.
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University of Oklahoma Is Weighing Rent Subsidies for Troubled Dorm.
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Public Banking Will Be on the Ballot in L.A. this Fall.
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L.A. Metro P3 Funding Options and the California Infrastructure Financing Act .
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Puerto Rico Overseers Scale Back Spending After Labor-Law Changes Fail.
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Why California Is Losing Teachers and Laying Off Secretaries.
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Michigan Cities Move Off the State’s Critical List.
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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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