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California Bonds Lose Allure as AIG Stake Cut by Most Since 2010.
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What America’s Biggest Counties Have in Common.
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Funding for Public Private Partnership Projects – of Significant Interest to Public Officials and Prime Contractors.
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The Bond Buyer Names Finalists for 14th Annual Deal of the Year Awards.
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Hawkins Advisory (GASB 68)
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Ballard Spahr: Where We Stand on Issue Price for Tax-Exempt Bonds.
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Pennsylvania’s Rapid Bridge Repair Project Shows Promising Early Results.
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Muni Bonds: Preparing for Rising Rates.
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Oakland Mayor Turns to Old Playbook to Fund Raiders Stadium.
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Fitch Ratings Updates Criteria for Water and Sewer Bonds: Butler Snow
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Final Report on Connecticut State Retirement Systems.
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DiNapoli Expands State Pension Fund’s In-State Investment Program.
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Moody’s: Vulnerable U.S. Public School Districts Can Experience Credit Pressure from Competition.
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Equity Shortage Plagues Partnerships.
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Fitch Replay: Prop 39 / San Diego Unified School District.
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How Safe are Municipal Bonds from a Fed Interest Rate Hike?
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House Committee Approves Legislation to Classify Muni Bonds as High-Quality Liquid Assets.
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California Private Placement Market May Be Pivoting.
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Kroll Firm to Expand Bond Rating Coverage.
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A Simple (But Hard) Way for Governments to Stay Out of Pension Trouble.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: (How Climate Change Could Affect Ratings and the Outlook for the City of Los Angeles).
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USDA Provides $314 Million in Water and Waste Infrastructure Improvements in Rural Communities Nationwide.
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With Risks, P3s and Design-Build Seen as Beneficial to Infrastructure Planning.
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Experts Offer Strategies for Educating Stakeholders, Public on Benefits of P3s.
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Here’s Why RIDOT Says a Truck-Toll Bond Would Save RI $612M.
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Alaska Dusts Off Plans for $1.6 Billion Pension-Obligation Bond.
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Fitch: CA School District Special Revenue Recognition Could Have Broader Rating Implications.
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Fitch: Nevada School District Reorg Plan May Hike Credit Risk.
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National League of Cities Local Jobs Report.
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Municipal Bonds Shine in Bleak Landscape.
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Long Lives and Rocky Markets Have Some Pension Systems Recalibrating.
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House Committee Approves Bill to Classify Investment Grade Munis as High Quality Liquid Assets.
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Budget Deal Would Suspend Debt Limit, Extend Sequestration for BABs.
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S&P: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Not an Immediate Credit Threat to U.S. Public Power and Co-Op Utilities, But Uncertainties Remain.
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How Standard & Poor’s Rates U.S. State and Local Government Department Appropriation-Backed Debt.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: (University of Alabama and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan).
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How Much School Funding Is Enough?
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Puerto Rico Default Won’t Derail Market, Bond Insurer Says.
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Vanguard Muni Chief Says Death of Liquidity Greatly Exaggerated.
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Fitch Updates State Revolving Fund and Leveraged Muni Loan Pool Criteria.
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Fitch: U.S. Public Finance Upgrades Exceed Downgrades for Sixth Straight Quarter.
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Fitch: USPF State Revolving Funds & Municipal Loan Pools Remain Strong.
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How Muni Bonds ‘Yield’ 4% in a 2% World.
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Jon Bon Jovi, the Jersey Shore and the Impact Investing Strategy.
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Notice of Support Availability: Training and Technical Assistance Services for Pay for Success Initiatives.
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Fitch: Work Force Evaluation Integral to U.S. Local Government Ratings.
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Fitch: Michigan’s Statutory Lien Bill Would Raise Recoveries.
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Moody’s: PREPA’s Planned Utility Charge Bonds Would Be Similar to Others in the Sector.
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Muni Yields Hit New Low: It Costs $100 to Borrow $1 Million.
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Muni Tobacco Bonds Rally Most Since January on N.Y. Settlement.
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Refinancing Wave Drives Record Muni-Bond Sales as Projects Wait.
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S&P: Debt Financing of Infrastructure Could Hurt States’ Credit.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: (Affordable Multifamily Housing and States’ Annual Debt Report).
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Fitch Tax-Supported Criteria Revision.
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House Transportation Bill Would Help Agencies at All Levels to Pursue P3s.
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S&P State and Local Government Credit Conditions Forecast: Growth Rules, With Regional Variation.
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S&P: U.S. State Debt Levels May Be More Sustainable Than the Condition of the Nation’s Infrastructure.
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Company That Sold a Record Muni Junk-Bond Is Back With an Even Bigger Deal.
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The District of Columbia and Georgia Join the Growing Number of States to Enact P3 Legislation: Seyfarth Shaw.
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Peering Under the Coupon.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Rating Transitions in the Housing Sector).
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Fighting Wildfire With Finance.
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Goldman Sachs Social Impact Bond Pays Off in Utah.
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Miami-Dade Tries to Break P3 Mold.
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As Retirees Outnumber Employees, Pensions Seek Saviors.
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How Blacksburg, Va., Got So Many People to Go Solar.
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What a Little Dose of Privatization Could Do.
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Instead of Fighting, Some Cities Team Up With Airbnb and Uber.
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State Pension Funding Levels in U.S. Improve for a Second Year.
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Chicagoans’ Cost to Exit Swap Agreements Approaches $300 Million.
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Muni-Bond Buying Falls to Decade Low as Investors Balk at Yields.
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Muni Market Proving Haven for Buyers of Junk Issuers Amid Rout.
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California Tech Boom Lures Muni-Bond Buyers as Deficit Era Ends.
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Fitch: Funded Ratios Stabilize, Demographic Strains Grow for U.S. State Pensions.
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GASB Proposes Changes to Pension Standards for Certain Governments.
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S&P: Bank Loans Pose Potential Credit Risks, But For Now Issuers’ Liquidity Positions Help Support Most Ratings.
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GFOA Hosts Meeting to Discuss Implementing School Budgeting Best Practices.
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S&P’s Big Picture Look at U.S. Local Government Distressed Ratings, Bankruptcies, and Rating Correlations.
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Standard & Poor’s Proposed Criteria For Rating Jointly Supported Financial Obligations.
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Ratings Agencies Diverge on Post-Default Approaches.
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Florida Supreme Court Decision Allows Municipalities to Issue Bonds Funding Green Energy for Commercial Properties.
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Florida High Court Makes It Harder to Challenge Bond Validations.
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Muni Managers Get Busy After Fed Stands Pat.
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Social Impact Bonds: Cha-Ching! Success!
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How to Save Billions on Public Construction.
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The Top 10 Counties Where People Are Moving.
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Swift Descent to Junk Shows Buried Risk as Municipal Loans Surge.
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Americans Are Smoking Again, a Boon for Municipal Tobacco Bonds.
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61,064 Failing Bridges Must Wait as Cities Borrow at Decade Low.
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Moody’s: U.S. Academic Medical Hospitals 2014 Medians Show Stability and Solid Balance Sheets.
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Moody’s: U.S. Municipal Water and Sewer Medians Demonstrate Stable and Positive Trends.
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Problems Mount for the ‘Other’ College Debt.
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GASB: Understanding Costs and Benefits – Other Postemployment Benefits.
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CUSIP Request Volume Shows Fifth Consecutive Monthly Decline Among Corporate and Municipal Bond Issuers.
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MarketAxess Looks to Crack Muni-Bond Code.
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Munis Cheapest in 5 Weeks to Treasuries as Payrolls Fall Short.
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Junk or AAA? Rating Split Plagues Chicago as It Borrows Billions.
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Muni Junk Bonds Are Outperforming Other High-Yield Options.
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Connecticut Tax Bonds Draw Buyers Losing Faith in State Pledges.
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Government’s Continuing Budget-Buster: Paid Sick Leave.
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Expert Urges Expanded Use of P3s to Protect Water Resources.
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High Coverage and Strong Legal Provisions Contribute to Strong U.S. Lottery Revenue Bond Ratings in 2015, Report Says.
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Ballard Spahr: Proposed Legislation Provides Further Support for P3 Transportation Infrastructure Projects.
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GFOA Executive Board Approves New Best Practices.
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CUSIP: Muni Volume Hits 11 Month Low in August.
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GASB Invites Governments to Participate in Survey of Financial Report Preparers.
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Cities Bear Rising Cost of Keeping Water Safe to Drink.
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High-Yield Muni Fund Plays the Edges.
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Fitch: U.S. Municipal Ratings Higher than GO Ratings Not Usually Warranted.
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Muni Distressed Debt Firm Rosemawr Sues Over Revel Energy Bonds.
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Moody’s: Entrance of U.S. Not-for-Profit Hospitals into Health Insurance Will Continue to Rise.
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How UBS Spread the Pain of Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis to Clients.
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Hospitals Issue Debt at the Fastest Pace Since 2012.
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As Casinos Falter, Mississippi Sells Debt Backed by Gambling Tax.
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Municipal Bondholders Beware.
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S&P Credit FAQ: Proposed Criteria Changes Will Bring Greater Transparency to U.S. Municipal Water and Sewer Systems.
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Redevelopment Inches Back in California.
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Stifel’s ‘Transformational Acquisitions’ Fuel Muni Growth.
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Moody’s Predicts Long-Term Increase in Cross-Sector U.S., International P3s.
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New Guidance Aims to Speed Up Approval of Federally Funded Infrastructure Projects.
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Introducing the Fitch Revenue Sensitivity Tool for Public Finance.
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Muni Investors Face Pension Woes.
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S&P: Report Explains Ratings Approach On Distressed Local Government Credits.
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Incentive To Pay: How Recent Bankruptcies Inform Analysis Of Distressed Local Government Credits.
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Rating Correlations For U.S. Local Governments: Proximity Doesn’t Always Matter.
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S&P: U.S. Public-Private Partnerships Encounter New Road Bumps as Political Appetite For The Projects Waxes And Wanes
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What Investors Can Learn From Puerto Rico’s Bond Default.
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DUDE, WHERE’S MY BOND? I’m Ashton Kutcher and I’m Here to Help.
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Neighborly Raises $5.5M from Joe Lonsdale’s Formation 8, Ashton Kutcher to Transform the Municipal Debt Market.
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S&P: Federal Fiscal Policy Discord Could Undermine the Economic and Budgetary Environment for States.
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How Standard & Poor’s Treats Public-Private Partnerships in U.S. State and Local Government Debt Analysis.
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Apples are Nice but Pensions are Better.
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Muni Debt Could Be a Bond Market Haven After Fed Hikes.
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Drivers Decry Rise of Toll Lanes as Texas’s LBJ Expressway Opens.
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Possible Impact of a Fed Rate Hike on Municipal Bonds.
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Fitch: Sea Level Rise May Challenge Some Local U.S. Governments.
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Can Social Impact Bonds Help Reduce Homelessness?
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Hedge Funds Fill Gap in the U.S. Municipal Bond Market.
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Fed Rate Increase Too Late for BlackRock, Alpine Muni Cash Funds.
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Markets Provide a Reality Check for the Risky Bet of Pension Obligation Bonds.
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S&P Webcast: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Median Ratios.
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Moody’s: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Sector Outlook Revised To Stable From Negative, Though Uncertainties Persist.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: (Factoring GASB 67/68 Into Our Pension Analysis And Second-Quarter Rating Trends)
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State and Local Governments’ Ticking Debt Bomb.
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As Charter School Bond Sales Rise, Pennsylvania Fight Shows Risk.
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Fitch Releases Exposure Draft for U.S. State & Local Government Criteria.
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Public Pension Funds Roll Back Return Targets.
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States, Cities Pay $4 Billion in Bond Fees Yearly, Study Finds.
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GASB to Re-Examine State and Local Financial Reporting Model.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 09/03/15.
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Moody’s: Illinois’ Budget Impasse Secondary to Intensifying Pension and Revenue Problems.
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Moody’s: California’s State and Local Pension Costs Rising in Face of Limited Reform Options.
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Taxpayers, More Pension Burdens Headed Your Way.
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GASB Adds Project to Revisit Blueprint of Governmental Financial Statements.
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A New Plan for American Cities To Free Themselves of Wall Street’s Control.
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Bond Insurers Surge on Proposed 15% Puerto Rico Electric Losses.
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Strength in Numbers: Public-Private Partnerships.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Hillview, KY And University Of Oklahoma).
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Are Muni Bonds an Income Equalizer?
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New Jersey Completes $720 Million Exit From Derivative Contracts.
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Munis Dodge Market Turmoil With Top 2015 Returns Among Assets.
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Puerto Rico Spends More Than $60 Million on Debt Restructuring.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 8/27
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Fitch: Oil Price Effect on U.S. Locals Will Vary.
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Comment Deadlines Approaching for GASB Proposals on External Investment Pools and Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreements.
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How Can Communities Finance Microgrids for Public Safety?
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (GARVEES, PRASA, And Pike County Schools).
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Fitch: CA Pension Case Highlights Legal Obstacles to Reform.
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Muni Junk Funds Boosting Liquidity to Avoid Taper Tantrum Redux.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 08/20/15
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Expert Series.
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Moody’s: State Housing Finance Agencies will Benefit from Increasing Millennial Homeownership Rates.
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Exclusive: New Jersey Paid $720 Million to Exit All Swaps Under Christie.
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Muni Bonds are Poised to Shine as Rates Move Higher.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Rating Trends, Atlantic City, And Puerto Rico)
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U.S. Charter School Median Ratios Spotlight Growing Enrollment and Volatility.
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S&P: U.S. Charter Schools’ Median Ratios Reveal a Young Sector Growing Rapidly but with Volatility.
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Are Governments ‘Paying for Failure’ With Social Impact Bonds?
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How to Conserve Water Without Bankrupting Water Utilities.
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Kansas $1 Billion Bond Sale Bolsters Pensions Eyeing Hedge Funds.
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Want a Bike Path? Pay for It Yourself.
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Making U.S. Pensions Honest About Returns Means Bigger Deficits.
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Berkshire’s Negative S&P Watch Hits Almost 1,000 Muni Bonds.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 08/13/15
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Moody’s: Detroit’s Income Tax Revenue Bonds Offer Better Credit Quality than City’s GO Pledge.
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Fitch: Pension Obligation Bonds Won’t Fix U.S. Public Pensions.
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The Risk in Appropriation Bonds.
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MSRB: Muni Trading Up 14%, Puerto Rico Bonds Among Most Traded.
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Japanese Investors May Add U.S. Munis to Portfolios.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Insurers Set to Withstand Puerto Rico Default.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: (Rating Trends, Atlantic City, And Puerto Rico)
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S&P: The U.S. EPA Finalizes Its Clean Power Plan, But Questions Still Remain.
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After a Few Years Afloat, Pension Plans Start Sinking Again.
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California Guards Muni Buyers From Bankruptcy With Dibs on Taxes.
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Puerto Rico Shows Perils of Muni Bonds Backed by Empty Promises.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 08/06/15
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Moody’s: Taboo Against Municipal Bankruptcies Has Weakened.
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Fitch: Medicaid Poses Increasing Risk to U.S. State Budgets.
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The Cost of Water Is Rising – Financing Tools And Strategies To Help Communities Pay: Butler Snow
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