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Fitch U.S. Public Finance Prepaid Energy Transaction Rating Criteria.
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Taking a Tactical Approach to the 2019 Muni Market.
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How a Prolonged Government Shutdown May Ripple Down to States.
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N.J. Mega Mall, Other High-Risk Muni Deals at Make-or-Break Year.
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Natural Disaster Forces Critical Decisions For Municipalities And Residents.
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Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Multistate Coalition Comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Opposing Rule Delay
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Few Signs So Far Sports Wagering Will Be Huge Boon for State Budgets.
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A Turbulent Stock Market Can Benefit State and Local Borrowers.
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Municipal Bonds: Great Expectations For 2019
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What Successful Public-Private Partnerships Do.
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The States That Give and Get the Most Federal Dollars.
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The Shutdown’s Next Victims Could Be Public Transit Systems.
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As Retiree Health-Care Costs Soar, Public Employers Turn to Private Insurers.
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The Week in Public Finance: The 10 States That Give More to the Feds Than They Get Back.
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The Tech Companies Helping Government Meet Its Mission.
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Ten-Year Muni-Bond Yields Poised for Biggest Drop Since May 2017.
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Fitch Launches ESG Scoring System to Show Effect on Ratings.
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Fitch Ratings Focuses on ESG Standards with New Scoring System.
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Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of US Green Bonds.
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Retiree Health Care Liabilities Keep Stacking Up For States.
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Sports Betting Will Be No Home Run for State Budgets.
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Should Pensions Own Utilities? Congress Has Considered It Before.
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The Federal Shutdown’s Impact on States and Localities.
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USDA Announced $600 Million for Rural Broadband.
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Muni Market Looks to Taiwan Where Insurers Welcome New Options.
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Eleventh Circuit Rules That Equitable Mootness Applies in Chapter 9 Cases: Jones Day
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U.S. Cities Look to Shed Ratings While Taking On More Debt.
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A Holiday Municipal Bond Impact Story.
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The Week in Public Finance: In Kentucky, Pension Reform Fails (Again)
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New Muni Bonds Expected To Be Slightly Lower In 2019 As Credit Troubles Kick In.
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Another Stellar Quarter of State Revenue Growth, But the Pace Is Slowing Down.
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Ten-Year Muni-Bond Yields Poised for Biggest Drop Since May 2017.
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Municipal Bond Market Wraps Up Tough Year of ‘Muted’ Returns.
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Muni Market Looks to Next Year for an Infrastructure Bill and Bigger Returns.
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Two-Month Muni Rally at Risk After Market Wanted More Dovish Fed.
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S&P U.S. Public Finance 2018 Year In Review.
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From Union Ballots To Election Ballots: A Look Back At The Top 10 S&P Credit Stories Affecting U.S. Charter Schools In 2018.
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Creative Partnerships, Transformative Gifts, And Headline Risks: The Top 10 S&P Credit Stories Affecting U.S. Not-For-Profit Higher Education In 2018.
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The Trickle-Down Impacts of the Federal Shutdown on States and Localities.
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Broad Coalition of Local Government Organizations Applaud Passage of Water Infrastructure Improvement Act.
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President Signs Five-Year Farm Bill Reauthorization Containing Several Key Wins for Counties.
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Partners or Pirates? Collaboration and Competition in Local Economic Development.
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Current Issues in Community Solar Projects.
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Municipal Solid Waste Landfills/Clean Air Act: Federal Court Addresses States of California/New Mexico Action Alleging EPA Failure to Implement Emission Guidelines.
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Towns Move to Build Municipal Broadband Connections.
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This ‘Insanity’ May Be the Muni-Bond Market’s Next Big Thing.
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Fitch Updates U.S. State Housing Finance Agencies: Pooled Multifamily Housing Bonds Rating Criteria
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CUSIP Request Volume Mixed in November, Suggesting Possible Divergence in Corporate and Municipal Issuance Activity over Next Quarter.
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State and Local Investment Gets Lift From Rising Revenues.
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The Week in Public Finance: With Revenues Soaring, States Are Spending More. But on What?
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Pension Politics: Should States Be Investing in Controversial Companies?
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Schumer Wants Infrastructure Bill to Have ‘Green’ Elements.
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State Revolving Loan Fund Gains Momentum in Congress.
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Here are Three Ways to Pay for New Investments in Infrastructure and End Partisan Gridlock.
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Federal Watchdog Offers Gloomy Outlook for State and Local Budgets.
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Data Show Sluggish Economic Output in Smaller Counties.
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Farm Bill Expands Rural Broadband Funding.
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First BUILD Grants Emphasize Rail & Rural Infrastructure Needs.
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Municipal Request Volume Declines while Corporate Volume Increases on Month-to-Month Basis.
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BlackRock Is Bullish on Muni Bonds Heading Into 2019.
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Snow Doesn’t Stop the Post Office, But It Stopped a Bond Payment.
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Fitch USPF Credit Outlooks 2019.
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GFOA: Getting the Most for Your Asset Management Money with Lifecycle Costing.
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Fitch Ratings Revises U.S. Higher Education Sector Outlook to Negative for 2019.
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Fitch Ratings: U.S. Local Governments Largely Downturn-Ready Headed into 2019
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Negotiating and Implementing Relief Event Programs in P3 Projects.
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The Week in Public Finance: Kansas City Suburb Headed Toward Default
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Fitch Ratings: Medicaid, Infrastructure Among Key Focuses for U.S. States
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Democrat Bond Plan To Fund Infrastructure Is A Win-Win (Bloomberg Radio)
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How the 2018 Elections Reshaped State and Local Governments’ Fiscal Policy Space.
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How States Can Balance Saving for a Rainy Day and Other Priorities.
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P/C Insurers Shifting Investments Out of Municipal Bond Market: Best
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The Bond That Could Be Wiped Out by California’s Wildfires.
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Year-End Update To S&P Global Ratings’ U.S. And Canadian Not-For-Profit Transportation Infrastructure Enterprises Criteria Implementation.
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Yield Curve Inversion Risk.
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The Fiscal Need to Find a ‘Second Life’ for Underutilized Parking Lots.
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Big Bet Made on Largest Municipal-Bond ETF After Powell Speech
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Why 2019 Could Bring ‘Positive Performance’ to Muni Market.
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Banks Post Longest Retreat From Munis Since 1996 on Tax Cuts.
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S&P: Rising U.S. States’ OPEB Liabilities Signal Higher Costs Ahead.
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What the Climate Change Report Means for Investors, According to BlackRock’s Brian Deese.
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NYSERDA’s Municipal Solar Procurement Toolkit Promotes The Development Of Solar Projects On Brownfields And Landfills.
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Report: Since Recession, 10 States, Including Illinois, Operate at Structural Deficits.
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FCC Could Slash County Franchise Fees.
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Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Public Finance Prerefunded Bonds Rating Criteria.
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Fitch Ratings: Driverless Cars Leave Parking Assets at Risk
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S&P Credit FAQ: Criteria Considerations For Mass Transit Agency Ratings
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Fighting Fires With “Forest Resilience” Bonds.
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When a Local Government is ‘Unwilling’ to Cover Debt Costs.
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State Revenue Volatility and Optimal Reserve Size Are Directly Linked.
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Demographic Destiny: The Impact of an Aging, Moving Population on Municipals.
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U.S. Pension Funds Turn to Riskier Real-Estate Bets.
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Local Government Investment in Public Water and Sewer Hits a Record $123.7 Billion in 2016.
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New Report Strengthens Economic Case for Flood-Prepared Infrastructure.
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Investing in Better Procurement Processes Can Enable Better Infrastructure Outcomes.
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These Muni-Bond Funds May Offer Year-End Bargains.
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The Best Bond Funds to Buy for 2019 as Interest Rates Rise.
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Data Driven Fixed Income Dealer Growth Survey.
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How the Third Largest Closed-End Fund is Coping With Rising Rates.
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Despite Major Wildfires, Most Calif. Local Governments Won’t Feel Credit Ratings Impacts.
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Fitch U.S. College and University Rating Criteria Revision.
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Why the Extra Safety You Get Through Bond Insurance Is Worth the Modest Yield Reduction.
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MSRB Q3 Trading Stats.
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Municipal, Corporate Equity and Corporate Debt Pre-Market Activity Climbs Following September Slump.
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Fitch Ratings: Has Acute Care Peaked for U.S. NFP Hospitals?
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Fitch Ratings: Revenue Continues to Climb for U.S. Water Utilities
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Fitch Ratings: Adjusted Net Pension Liabilities Hit $1 Trillion for U.S. States
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California Fire Rattles Muni Market as Investors Sell PG&E Bonds.
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What Amazon’s HQ2 Means to Local Muni Markets.
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Muni-Bond Defaults Show Risk Clustered in Midwest, Southeast.
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Wall Street Muni-Bankers See Dollar Signs With Amazon ‘HQ2’ Plan.
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Why Losing Out on Amazon HQ2 Isn’t So Bad for Cities.
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The Week in Public Finance: Federal Tax Reform Fuels Record State Spending
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Infrastructure Update: America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
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$20.6 Billion of Bond Sales Backed by Voters in Midterm Election.
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Study Urges Private Activity Bond Changes.
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Neighborly Enters Muni Broadband Market with Ambitious Accelerator Project.
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The Dollars to Shape Cities.
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Best Credit Data Launches BCD Municipal Bond Evaluation Methodology Version 2.0.
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JPMorgan Brings the Active vs. Passive War to the Muni Bond Market.
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Fitch Ratings: U.S. Higher Education Can Absorb Pension Liabilities
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Municipal Buyers Embrace Risk With Recycling Deals: Joe Mysak
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Municipal Bonds Get a Boost in Midterm Elections.
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‘No Bold Bets’ for Muni-Bond Managers Stung by Trump’s Victory.
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Wall Street Muni-Bond Bankers Need Work. Voters Gave Them Plenty.
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Fitch Ratings: Amazon HQ2 Split Has Muted Upside for New York & Virginia
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States Resist Urge to Go on Spending Spree as Revenue Pours In.
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CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
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A Wall Street Haven for Democrats Has Reason to Cheer a Blue Wave.
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Facing Climate Change, States and Cities Seek to Borrow Billions.
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EPA Selects 39 Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans.
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CDFA Advocates for Permanent Category of Disaster-area Recovery Bonds.
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CDFA Reports Record Multifamily Housing Bond Issuance in 2017.
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Capital Markets Outlook: A Tough Road Ahead
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A Blueprint for Gridlock in the Markets.
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Investors Speculate on Return of Crisis-Era Build America Infrastructure Bonds Under Split Congress.
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Finance Employees Are Fastest-Growing Segment of Local Government Workforce.
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Stormwater Greening Is Good for Business.
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With Their Powers Combined, Local Governments are Changing the Clean Energy Landscape.
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P&G Agrees to Settlement Over “Flushable” Claims.
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America’s Largest Three Cities’ Financial Condition Is Scary.
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Meet the Municipal Bond Investor Who Looks Everywhere for Deals.
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Report Recommends Ways for Cities, Schools to Finance Electric Buses.
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Credit Rating Superdowngrades Only Confuse Investors.
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The Muni Meltdown that Wasn’t.
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Meredith Whitney Was Flat-Out Wrong About Municipal Bonds.
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KBRA Releases Public Finance Research Report: Untapped Resources May Help Fund Pension and Infrastructure Shortfalls
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Higher Revenues, Restrained Spending Boost U.S. States’ Credit Quality.
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Fitch Ratings: Aging Looms As Key Economic, Fiscal Issue for US States
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The Week in Public Finance: What the Aging Population Means for State Finances
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S&P: U.S. State Pensions Struggle For Gains Amid Market Shifts And Demographic Headwinds
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S&P Credit Conditions: For U.S. State And Local Governments, Winter Is Coming, But Maybe Not Yet
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Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors on Motion Filed with the FCC by U.S. Cities and the National Local Government Organizations to Stay the Effective Date of its Order Preempting Local Authority.
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Cities Threatened by Climate Risk Still Getting AAA Bond Ratings.
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‘Living With Water’: Facing Climate Change, Cities Trade Sea Walls for Parks.
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Who Buys Municipal Bonds And Why.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Market Struggles to Find Footing.
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Municipal Bond Funds Are on Sale. Buyers Should Be Cautious.
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Fitch Ratings: U.S. States Eye Midterm Election Outcomes
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Democrats Eye Push for Infrastructure Plan If They Retake House.
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Why a Democratic Wave Could Be Good for Muni Investors.
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Quick Start Guide For S&P Global Ratings’ Priority-Lien Criteria
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S&P U.S. Public Finance Criteria: Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt
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S&P U.S. Public Finance Criteria Guidance: Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt
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S&P RFC Process Summary: Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt
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Muni Bonds Look Good Despite Annual Autumn Slump.
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Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn’t Wrong – Just Early.
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Local Government Investment in Public Water and Sewer Hits a Record $123.7 Billion in 2016.
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Fitch Updates U.S. Public Finance Charter School Rating Criteria.
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Fitch Ratings: Aging Population an Adverse Tide Turn for U.S. States
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Citigroup, Barclays Warn of Muni Bond Selloff If GOP Wins Big.
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One Investor Bets Big on Tiny Muni ETF Despite Market’s Losses.
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Affordable For Now: Water And Sewer Rates At U.S. Municipal Utilities
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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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