- Ballard Spahr: Proposed Joint Standards for Financial Regulatory Data Under FDTA by SEC and Agencies
- S&P U.S. Public Finance: Methodology For Rating U.S. Governments
- S&P Institutional Framework Assessments For U.S. Local Government Portfolios.
- Posh Real Estate Deals Boom in High-Flying Junk Muni Market.
- Bank Holdings of Muni Debt Fall to Nine-Year Low on Tax Changes.
- Empty Downtowns Are Still Depleting Local Coffers.
- And Finally, Did You Know That Chutzpah Is Faccia Tosta In Italian? is brought to us this week by Hartnett v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, in which Susan Hartnett argued that she had met the pension benefits accrual requirement that she be employed in “consecutive” years. Ok. Cool. Pretty basic concept, the whole “consecutive” thing. Let’s take a look. Left governmental service in 1990. Ok. Returned to government service in 2022. Ok. Let’s break out the old HP and … wait just a minute. We’re not sure what it is, but something feels off here. One can only stand in awe of the blatant disavowal of language and logic. Ms. Harnett, you have a bright future in politics.