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Municipal Liability Cap and Insurance: Butler Snow
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The Big Five: Key Tax Credits and Public Incentives
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10 Years Later: After the Fall, Muni Insurers Rebuilding Market Relevance.
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10 Years Later: Less-Trusted Rating Agencies Maintain their Central Role
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Higher Revenues, Restrained Spending Boost U.S. States’ Credit Quality – Conning
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New $1M Water Utilities Workforce Development Grants.
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The Rise of Zombie Governments.
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U.S. Fund Investors Pull Most Cash from Bonds since February -ICI
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Water Bill Ready for President’s Signature.
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How Climate Change Threatens to Leave Water Bonds High and Dry.
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Fitch Ratings: U.S. Transportation Growth Outweighs Rate Hikes
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Why the Muni-Bond Market Cares About the Midterms.
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How Wall Street Drove Public Pensions Into Crisis and Pocketed Billions in Fees.
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How to Evaluate the Strength and Performance of Bond Insurers.
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Freddie Mac Introduces Finance Mechanism to Mitigate Construction-Loan Risk for Workforce Housing Developers.
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CDFA Announces Winners of the CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards.
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Stanford’s New Sustainable Finance Initiative to Help Unleash Capital Needed for Decarbonization.
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Where States and Prospective Governors Stand on Infrastructure in the 2018 Election.
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How to Control the Fiscal Costs of Public-Private Partnerships.
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Intermediaries Are a Missing Ingredient in Conservation Finance.
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How a Blue Wave May Help the Muni Market in 2019.
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CBO Report: Federal Support for Financing State and Local Transportation and Water Infrastructure.
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CBO Report: Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2017
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S&P Through The ESG Lens: How Environmental, Social, And Governance Factors Are Incorporated Into U.S. Public Finance Ratings
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S&P U.S. Public Finance: Advance Notice Of Proposed Criteria Change: Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt
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S&P Updated Advance Notice Of Proposed Criteria Change For Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt Published.
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States Have Reason to Share Trump’s Concern With Rates.
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The Week in Public Finance: How the New NAFTA Deal Impacts States.
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How Rainy Day Funds Help Cities Prepare for Revenue Volatility.
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Disaster Recovery: School Infrastructure Resilience Roadmap & Best Practices
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Reform Requires Local Investment, Empowers Local Decisions.
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Investment in Infrastructure Is Booming.
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U.S. Conference of Mayors Releases New Report on How Competitive Bidding Can Help Nation’s Troubled Water Infrastructure.
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Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Columbia (SC) Mayor Steve Benjamin on Passage of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
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Fitch Ratings: Minimal Roadblocks for U.S. Toll Roads
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Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S.
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Report: Climate Risk, Real Estate, and the Bottom Line
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Municipal Utilities Need to Be Smart When Implementing a Smart Meter Program.
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CUSIP: Municipal, Corporate Equity and Corporate Debt Pre-Market Activity Slows from Record Highs Reached in August.
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Tax or Just Spend? Colorado Ballot Box Fight Echoes U.S. Divide.
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Rout Drives Discounts on Muni-Bond Funds to Most in Five Years.
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Short Bets Against Muni Bond ETFs Are on the Rise.
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Investors Yank Record Cash Out of Stock, Real Estate, and Muni ETFs.
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City to Borrow $46 million – But Incurring This Debt Won’t Require Voter Approval.
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Pimco CEO’s First Acquisition: a Muni-Bond Business
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NACo: Trump Signs First Round of FY2019 Spending Bills.
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Tolls for All May Pay for Nation’s High-Speed Rail: Joe Mysak
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Build America Mutual Launches BAM GreenStar Assessment to Identify Municipal Green Bonds.
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BlackRock, UBS Join Shift to Muni Market’s Middle as Rates Rise.
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Muni-Bond Slide Leaves Test: Will Key Buyers Flee in Droves?
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How Public Pension Boards Are Making a Crisis Worse.
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A Moot Point: Court Of Appeals For The Eleventh Circuit Holds That The Doctrine Of Equitable Mootness Is Applicable In A Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case.
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Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures: 2018 Status Report
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How Green Infrastructure Yields Urban Safety and Health.
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The Big U.S. City Trying to Break with Wall Street.
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Fitch U.S. Public Finance and Global Infrastructure and Project Finance 2017 Transition and Default Study.
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Fitch Ratings Updates US State Revolving Fund and Muni Finance Pool Program Criteria.
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S&P U.S. Municipal Retail Electric And Gas Utilities: Methodology And Assumptions
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S&P RFC Process Summary: U.S. Municipal Retail Electric And Gas Utilities: Methodologies And Assumptions
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S&P Advance Notice Of Proposed Criteria Change: Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt
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America’s Libor Alternative Is Gaining Traction on Wall Street.
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Libor Replacement Carries Risk for States and Cities, Group Says.
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Do Non-Municipal Exposures Help or Hurt a Bond Insurer?
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Muni Bonds Are More Exciting Than You Think: An Activist Investor’s Approach.
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Muni Bonds Report Reinforces Stability.
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For First Time, Columbus Letting Small Investors Buy Bonds Before the Big Dogs.
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Homeowners Who Live on the Coast are Sleepwalking Toward Climate Catastrophe.
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The Week in Public Finance: Some States Are Less Prepared for a Recession Than a Decade Ago.
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U.S. Muni Bond Market Rises to $3.853 trillion in Second Quarter: Fed
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Municipal-Bond Yields Hit Four-Year High as Cash Leaves Market.
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Muni-Bond Market Headed for Longest Rout Since Trump’s Election.
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Guggenheim Restructuring Team Looks to Muni Debt, Derivatives.
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Pensions Are Shelling Out Billions in Fees — and It’s Not Paying Off
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CDFA Annual Volume Cap Report.
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U.S. States Are Showing Their Age: How Demographics Are Affecting Economic Outlooks.
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S&P: When The Credit Cycle Turns, U.S. States May Be Tested In Unprecedented Ways
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The Increasing Cost Of Governmental Pensions: Discount Rate And Contribution Practices
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Removing the Impediments to Infrastructure Investment.
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Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran on FCC’s Order Subordinating Local Property Rights.
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Counties, Cities Voice Concern Over FCC’s Small Cell Ruling.
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FCC Sets Rules for 5G Infrastructure, Limiting State and Local Control.
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Removing the Impediments to Infrastructure Investment.
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Which States Are Voting on Transportation Funding This Year?
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Fitch Ratings: U.S. Colleges Turning to P3s More Frequently.
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Fitch Ratings: Leverage Isn’t One-Size Fits All for Revenue-Supported Bonds.
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Fitch U.S. Not-for-Profit Hospitals and Health Systems Rating Criteria Update: Implementation Complete.
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S&P Looking Forward: The Application Of The Discount Rate In Funding U.S. Government Pensions.
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Muni Bond Issuers Reach Out to Individual Investors (and Their Advisors).
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Innovative Financing for a 21st Century Infrastructure.
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1.1 Trillion Reasons to Remember State and Local Bond Obligations.
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Can Booming Green Bonds Finance Sustainable Cities?
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New Data on City Finances Show True Realities of Nation’s Economy.
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As Economy Booms, U.S. Cities Report Slowing Revenue Growth.
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A Troubling Trend for Cities: Slowing Revenue But Rising Spending Growth.
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Calls Mount for Investors to Sell High-Yield Munis After Rally.
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Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors on FCC’s Order Proposing to Usurp Local Property Rights.
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As Climate Impacts Threaten Cities, Mayors Take Action.
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Catastrophe-Bond Investors Hard to Rattle as Florence Approaches.
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S&P Hurricane Watch: Monitoring The Financial Impact On Governments In Florence’s Path
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Hurricane Florence Barrels Toward Unfazed Municipal-Bond Market.
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Transit Advocates: Is the White House Purposefully Delaying Project Funds?
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How Munis Could Play a Role in Disaster Legislation.
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More U.S. Cities Brace for ‘Inevitable’ Hackers.
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Smart Beta ETFs Take on the $3.8 Trillion Municipal Bond Market.
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Rising Rates on Wall Street Loans Push States to End Swap Deals.
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Oops! Some U.S. States Forget to Save Despite Growing Economy.
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Racial Bias in Muni Market Costs Black Colleges, Research Shows.
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On Water Problems, Governments Actually Work Together.
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What To Expect From S&P Global Ratings’ U.S. Public Finance Rating Process.
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S&P: Pension Costs Will Remain High For Largest U.S. Cities, As Revised Liability Measures Place Upward Pressure On Contributions.
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Doing More With Less: The Case for Investing in Multi-Use Infrastructure
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Advisers’ Top Concern About Muni Bonds Is Yield.
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Pensions in Dispute – August 2018
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Municipal Bonds vs. Corporate Bonds: The Better Investment Vehicle
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Water Shutoffs in Detroit Schools are Symptoms of a Bigger Infrastructure Challenge.
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Six Steps for Metro Areas to Prioritize Global Markets.
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Emerging Plan Would Rework Payments for Forest Counties.
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This Data Shows Who Grabs the Mic at Public Planning Meetings.
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NIMBYs Dominate Local Zoning Meetings.
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Houston Eyes Designer Bonds to Pay for $15 Billion Ike Dike.
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The Week in Public Finance: Tax Hike for Teachers Kicked Off Arizona Ballot.
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The Risks and Rewards of High-Yield Municipal Bonds.
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The Muni-Bond Market Loves You When Google Is Your Top Taxpayer.
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It’s Trump, Not Just the Fed, Driving the Short-Term Muni Frenzy.
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Amazon HQ2: How Did We Get Here? What Comes Next?
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The World Bank Just Issued a Bond That Relies On Blockchain Technology From Start to Finish.
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Muni Market Recap: Hope for the New York MTA
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A Blueprint for Financing Green Stormwater Infrastructure.
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Public-Private Partnerships: When Will Reality Meet the Promise?
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Municipalities May Regulate the Local Impacts of Pipelines Without Violating the Commerce Clause: Foley Hoag
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A New Accelerator for Community-Owned Broadband Networks.
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Sneaky But Legal Use Of General Obligation Bonds.
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S&P: For Many Muni Issuers, Technology Brings Financial Benefits, But Also Increasing Credit Risks
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How Rising Interest Rates and Widening Credit Spreads Will Drive Greater Use of Bond Insurance.
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Trump Trade War Prompts State Warnings to Bond Investors.
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How Bill Would Help Muni Bond Financing of Water, Sewer Projects.
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Commentary: The Role of U.S. Municipal Debt in Institutional Portfolios
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Battle Of The Bonds – Municipal And Government Bond Funds.
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Fitch Ratings: Louisiana Law Does Not Enhance Recovery Prospects and Ratings
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Risky Trash-to-Treasure Ventures Backed by Muni Bonds Hit Snags.
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Gun Politics Pit Louisiana Against Muni-Bond Market’s Behemoths.
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Yield Curve Distorted by Fear in Tax-Free Muni Bonds.
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Berkeley’s Bold Bet on Bitcoin.
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NAWC Applauds Introduction of “Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act”
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S&P Back-To-School Spotlight: S&P Global Ratings Examines Financing Trends Shaping Education
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Short Supply Supports Muni Bonds This Year.
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S&P: The Credit Impact Of State-Funded Free Community College Is Still Uncertain
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Keeping The School Bells Ringing: Considering The Financial Operating Frameworks Supporting 50 Million U.S. School Kids
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Ratings Agency Finds Evidence Wildfires Aren’t Devastating Local Government Finances.
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Cities Release Their Own Broadband Model Code.
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Underlying Government Units Report.
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Some States Sitting on Piles of Cash, and Cities Want a Cut.
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Environmental Impact Bonds Can Help Make Coastal Communities Safer, Sooner. Here’s How.
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Louisiana Beefs Up Statutory Lien in Rewrite of Local Bond Financing Law.
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Preston Hollow Capital Brings Private Debt to Municipal Market.
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Louisiana Bans Bank of America, Citi from Bond Sale Over Gun Policies.
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S&P Extra Credit: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care, Medians And Trends And Disruption. Oh My!
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Muni Market Recap: Slow & Steady Wins the Race.
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The Fast Lane – Demography, Regional Competitiveness, City Finances.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Leasing Property Owned by a Municipality.
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Climate Change AG Investigations and Municipal Litigation.
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The Public Finance Opportunity.
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A Huge Win for Keeping Water Systems under Public Control.
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Proposed Infrastructure Plan Would Increase WIFIA Appropriations.
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Department of Agriculture Funds Wastewater Infrastructure For Rural Communities.
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The $1.4 Billion Transit Fund the U.S. Government Won’t Release.
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The Rust Belt Needs Capital to Turn Talent and Innovation Into Jobs.
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Digital Innovation in Public Finance.
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Airports Find a New Source of Revenue: Attaching Hotels to Terminals.
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Evaluating Municipal Debt Instruments Using Muni Bond Indices.
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Fitch: Rating Normalcy Awaits U.S. NFP Hospitals After Rating Criteria Rollout.
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Fitch Ratings: Demographic Volatility A Risk for Some States in Downturn
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Muni-Bond Manager Buys Treasuries as Rally Erodes the Tax Breaks.
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The Week in Public Finance: Is Your City Positioned to Weather the Next Recession?
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World Bank Taps Australia’s CBA for Blockchain Bond.
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The World Bank is Betting Big on Blockchain-Based Bonds.
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World Bank Mandates Commonwealth Bank of Australia for World’s First Blockchain Bond.
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Reactivating Abandoned Buildings through Local Ownership in Smaller Cities.
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Principles for Open Access Community Broadband Networks.
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Let’s Restart the Hidden Economic Engine.
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Recognizing Infrastructure’s Role As a Local Economic Anchor.
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What Can the Local Government Do About This Land Use Ordinance Violation?
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For Muni Bond Sales, Brand Matters
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S&P: Blockchain is Coming to Muniland, and the Changes Could Be Significant.
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The Week in Public Finance: Affordable Housing Shortage? Massachusetts Might Tax Airbnb to Pay for It.
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PG&E Bonds Belie Fear of Imminent Bankruptcy Over Wildfires.
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U.S. Bond Funds Attract 23rd Straight Week of Inflows.
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Leveraging Public Funding for Mass Transit With P3s.
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LA County Uses P3 Lease Revenue Bonds for 21-Story, $295 million Office Tower.
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S&P Extra Credit: Quarterly Credit Conditions for U.S. States and Locals.
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List
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The Pension Hole for U.S. Cities and States Is the Size of Germany’s Economy.
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Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran on FCC’s Actions Against Local Governments and Their Property Rights.
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States Target Surpluses to Rainy Day Funds, Other Priorities after Fiscal 2018 Revenues Exceed Estimates.
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Municipal Bonds Weekly Market Report: GDP Hits Four-Year High
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Where Bond Insurance Fits in the Push for Infrastructure.
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Chapter 11 or Chapter 9: Investors Beware.
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MetLife Gets More Cautious About High-Yield Credit, Muni Markets.
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Largest Muni ETF Absorbs Massive Trading Amid a Drought in New-Issuance.
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