- MSRB Publishes Issue Brief on Minimum Denominations of Municipal Securities.
- S&P: New GASB Statements 74 And 75 Provide Transparency For Assessing Budgetary Stress On U.S. State & Local Government OPEBs.
- Compliance Workshop on MSRB Rule G-17: Making Disclosures to Issuers.
- Blockchain Basics for Government Finance and Audit Professionals: Webinar
- In re February 14, 2017, Special Election on Moses Lake School District #161 Proposition 1 – Court of Appeals holds that the 10-day period in which to file election challenge petition seeking to invalidate school district bond election commenced when county canvassing board recertified election result after recount, rather than when board initially certified result.
- Kingman Airport Authority v. City of Kingman – District Court holds – as a matter of apparent first impression – that the reserved powers doctrine applies to federal Contracts Clause claims between two political subdivisions, both of which possess the power of eminent domain.
- And finally, Better Than a Sharp Stick In the Eye? is brought to us this week by DeKalb-Cherokee Counties Gas District v. Raughton, in which a sanitation worker’s plan to seek shelter in the leeward side of a dump truck “because the truck shielded him from the wind, which had been blowing dust in his eyes” went just a tad sideways when the sidewall of the truck dislodged, disgorging its payload of bricks and concrete blocks. He arrived at the Pearly Gates just a bit worse for wear, sporting bewildered (yet dust-free!) eyes.