S&P 2025 Municipal Bond Market Review: Trends, Wins and Turning Points
Execution over Allocation: Closing the Delivery Gap – Orrick / Bond Buyer Op-Ed
S&P: U.S. Local Governments Are Mostly Insulated From Federal Funding Reductions Amid Ongoing Operating Stress
WSJ: The Demand for Bonds Is Insatiable. Even Risky Borrowers Are Reaping the Benefits.
Chicago to Sell Debt From Unpaid Fees Despite Uncertain Buyers.
A Simple Fix to Keep the American Dream Alive: Carve Housing Bonds Out of the Volume Cap Limitation
Allison v. McCoy-Post – Supreme Court of Oklahoma holds that gist in referendum petition suggested that the incremental taxes would last for a period of up to 25 years, rather than ending at the first of three triggering events, and therefore the gist did not provide potential signatories with a clear understanding of how long the city’s funding obligation would last, and because of this omission, the gist did not provide a potential signatory with sufficient information to make an informed decision about the true nature of ordinance creating two tax increment financing districts to support construction of a development project and the development plan.
And Finally, Connecticut Condoms: The Best Bang For Your Buck! is brought to us this week by Gunwerks, LLC v. Forward Cody Wyoming, Inc., in which the Supreme Court of Wyoming begins its opinion by stating that the plaintiff – Gunwerks – is, “a Wyoming company that manufactures and sells high-quality firearms.” Not, “purports to be” or “intends to” or just, “manufactures firearms.”. So it could not be much clearer that a state supreme court is explicitly endorsing Gunwerks as the producer of a high quality product. But why stop there? We’re not suggesting that a court’s ruling should go to the highest bidder, just that there’s nothing to stop it – for a reasonable fee – from giving certain products or individuals already referenced in the case an explicit endorsement, or at least a positive shout-out. Boards of Education, contraceptives, or certain sitting presidents. To name but a few highly theoretical scenarios.

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