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Fitch Disagrees with Moody’s Legal Analysis on Chicago Public Schools.
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Fitch Calls Out Moody’s on Chicago Schools Analysis.
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New York City, Other Municipal Bond Issuers Warn Investors on Trump Policies.
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing: “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America”
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GASB Issues Guidance on Fiduciary Activities.
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As Gas-Tax Profits Decline, More States May Turn to Tolls.
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Breaking Down the Financial Impact of Self-Driving Cars.
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Deferred Public Spending: The Credit Card From Hell.
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The Week in Public Finance: States Vulnerable to NAFTA Changes, New Amazon Taxes and a Credit Ratings Spat.
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With Less State Aid, Localities Look for Ways to Cope.
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GFOA: Best Practices in School Budgeting Framework Aligns Resources and Student Outcomes.
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Muni Volume Jumped in January.
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Muni Tobacco Bonds Rally as Buyers Swoop in After Trump Selloff.
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What’s Ahead for Munis? Forecasters Who Got It Right Make Calls.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 02/02
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Fitch: FACT Shows Improving Enplanements as Leverage Drops for U.S. Airports.
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Fitch: 2016 U.S. Public Finance Upgrades Were Highest in Over 10 Years.
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S&P: Credit Ratings For Sanctuary Jurisdictions Unlikely to be Affected in the Short Term, Preliminary Analysis Shows.
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GFOA: Executive Order on Sanctuary Cities Raises Questions and Concerns among Local Governments
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Sanctuary Cities Are Safe From Trump, Fitch Ratings Says.
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Sanctuary City Funding Cuts Less of a Concern Than Medicaid: Fitch
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S&P: Oil-Producing States See Deepening Economic Weakness.
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S&P USPF Housing Enterprise 2017 Outlook: Ratings Remain Stable Despite Economic Challenges And Uncertain National Policy Direction.
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Trump Orders Rapid Review for High-Priority Infrastructure.
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States Add 300 Projects to Trump’s Infrastructure Wish List.
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Senate Democrats Challenge Trump with Their Own $1T Infrastructure Plan.
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City Announces First Minibond Issuance, Invites Residents to Directly Invest in Cambridge.
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MacKay Municipal Managers Announces Top Five Municipal Market Insights For 2017.
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Muni, State, Local Groups Worry About Tax Reform, Sanctuary Cities, ACA.
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U.S. Muni Bond Market Sales Drop to $4.4 bln Next Week.
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How Healthy Are Your Hospital Bonds?
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Mnuchin Says He’ll Work to ‘Enhance’ PABs for Infrastructure Projects.
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Study: More Corrupt States Have Higher Public Debt.
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The Week in Public Finance: What We Don’t Know About Sanctuary Cities’ Funding, New Reasons to Save and More.
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S&P: U.S. Public Transportation Issuers Maneuver Around Obstacles To Maintain Stability In 2016.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/27
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U.S. Governors Want Say on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan.
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The Hidden Risks of P3s.
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The Week in Public Finance: Hartford in Crisis, Pension Rates Move Down and More.
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Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure.
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DeLauro Reintroduces National Infrastructure Development Bank Act.
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Green Bonds Rise as Tool for Water Infrastructure, Resilience.
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U.S. Voters Approve Billions for Transit and Green Space.
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Pence Touts Big Infrastructure Bill; Poll Finds Tolls Not Supported.
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U.S. Muni Bond Market Sales Pegged at $7 bln Next Week.
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Why Muni Experts Need a New Crystal Ball.
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S&P U.S. Public Power Sector 2017 Outlook: Low Natural Gas Prices And Increasing Renewables Drive Stable Outlook.
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S&P U.S. Municipal Water Utility Sector 2017 Outlook: Potholes, Policies, And Pensions.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/19
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S&P Charter Schools Sector 2017 Outlook: Continued Growth And Stability.
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Municipal Finance Gains Traction at Smaller Banks.
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Municipal Bond Offering Disclosures after a Chapter 9 Filing – A Few Reflections on Orange County and the City of Detroit.
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Six Years After Daley, Emanuel Still Using High-Cost Borrowing Practices.
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Obama Signs WIIN Act Authorizing Millions in Drinking Water Funding.
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Chao Says Trump Plans to Remove Obstacles to P3s.
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Market Spreads Side with Moody’s as Chicago Picks a Fight.
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S&P U.S. Public Finance Transportation Sector 2017 Outlook: Stable-To-Positive As Enthusiasm For Infrastructure Investment Could Trump Funding Realities.
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The Week in Public Finance: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan, Risky Pensions and NYC’s Surprising Fiscal Health.
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Water Act A “WIIN” For Infrastructure.
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BAML, PFM Widen Their Leads in 2016 Rankings.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/12
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Uber Extends an Olive Branch to Local Governments: Its Data.
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U.S. Municipal VRDO Update, December 2016.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/05
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Bank of America Expands Lead in U.S. Municipal-Bond Underwriting.
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The Week in Public Finance: Repealing Obamacare, How a California Ruling Threatens Pensions and More.
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S&P U.S. State Sector 2017 Outlook: Protracted Slow Economic Growth Casts A Shadow.
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Why School Districts Are Operating as Landlords.
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Would Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Fix America’s Cities?
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What Infrastructure Projects Might Appeal to Trump?
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GAAP Update Digital Recording Now Available.
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5 Hot Topics Hitting Public Finance in 2017.
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Kroll: Chicago Transit Authority’s Second Lien Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2017 Rating Report.
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CDFA Notches Legislative Victory with MAMBA’s Senate Introduction.
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Will the Muni Market Have a Voice on Trump’s Infrastructure Task Force?
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A Budgeting Break for Small (and Big) Governments.
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Fitch: Declining Consumption Manageable for US Public Power.
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In American Towns, Private Profits From Public Works.
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Early Views On The US Energy And Infrastructure Sectors Under A Trump Administration: Sherman & Sterling
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U.S. Department Of Treasury Announces 2015-16 Round Of New Markets Tax Credit Allocation For Financing Projects And Businesses In Low Income Communities.
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EPA RFC: Fees for Water Infrastructure Project Applications Under WIFIA.
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EPA RFC: Credit Assistance for Water Infrastructure Projects.
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Fitch: Pension Demands on U.S. States and Locals Rising Quickly.
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Financial Reporting Model Invitation to Comment Coming Soon.
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Nobody Traded When JPMorgan Put Chicago School Debt Up for Sale.
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Your Next Retirement Plan Could Be Run by City Hall.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 12/22
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KKR Seeks Buyer for Water Ventures, Testing Appetite for Trump-Style Infrastructure Deals.
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Trump’s Commitment to Infrastructure Vow Is Being Questioned.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Mistake.
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U.S. Municipal Market Begins to Wind Down With Light Issuance Week.
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The Creative Financing Behind New Jersey’s Mega-Mall Project.
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Startups Seek to Democratize the Muni Market.
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The Week in Public Finance: What the Rate Hike Means, a Legal Win for Online Sales Taxes and More.
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The Trumpian Trio of Concern of Muni Bonds.
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U.S. Municipal Debt Volume to Retreat in 2017: Loop Capital
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Municipal Bond Markets after the US Presidential Election: When the Dust Settles.
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Fund Manager Q&A: What Should Muni Bond Investors Do Now?
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GASB Forms Revenue and Expense Recognition Task Force.
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The Intersector Project Hosts Summit: An Intersector Process for U.S. Infrastructure.
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P3 Digest Week of December 19, 2016
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NCPPP Exclusive: An Inside Look at the Darcy and the Flats, a Challenging Mixed-Use Development Project in Bethesda, MD.
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Fitch: 2017 Outlook for U.S. States Stable Despite Significant Federal Uncertainty.
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How Trump Can Build the Best Airports and Roads.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 12/15
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Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns the Long-Term Rating of BBB with a Negative Outlook for the Chicago Board of Education Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax Bonds, Series 2016.
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S&P’s U.S. Public Finance Podcast (Rating Actions on U.S. Virgin Islands & Proposed Criteria Changes for Housing Finance Agencies and Social Enterprise Lending Organizations)
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New Type of Chicago School Debt Gets Investment-Grade Rating.
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Third Circuit Appellate Court Rules That Post-Acceleration Payment in Bankruptcy Constitutes Optional Redemption: Mintz, Levin
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To Prepare for the Next Recession, States Take Stress Tests.
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Moody’s: U.S. Local Governments Outlook Remains Stable Due To Steady Revenue Growth, Healthy Reserves.
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The Week in Public Finance: Federal Budget Chaos, a Bankruptcy Win and Pension Portfolios.
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LAX’s Makeover Inspires Airport Changes Around the Country.
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P3 Digest for Week of December 6, 2016
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Bankrupt Religious Schools and Hospitals.
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A Roadmap For Muni Investors On Public-Private Infrastructure Partnerships.
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Fitch Rates $500MM Chicago Board of Ed (IL) Bonds ‘A’ on Special Revenue Analysis; Outlook Stable.
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New Issue Calendar Coming to EMMA.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 12/08
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Junk-Rated Chicago Schools Plan New Kind of Bond Issue.
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Fund Manager Q&A: What Should Muni Bond Investors Do Now?
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GFOA New Best Practices Address Cash Flow Analysis, Investment Policy.
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Trump Infrastructure Plan: Far Less Than the Claimed $1 Trillion in New Projects.
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Fitch: US Energy States’ Fiscal Pressures Go On.
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The Week in Public Finance: A Run on Pensions in Dallas, Connecticut’s Warning and a Threat to Muni Bonds.
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New Municipal Bond Sales Slowed in November to Year Low.
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High-Grade Munis Now a Gift in Bond Rout: Kotok
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Trump Infrastructure Plan May Undermine Municipal Market.
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Progressive Think Tank: Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan ‘Shovels Money at Wealthy Investors’
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New Center for American Progress Brief Shows How Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal Is Fatally Flawed.
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Disruptive Technology in the Muni Bond Market.
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Muni Volume Remains on Pace for Record Year.
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The Rust Belt Needs a Bailout. A Big One.
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Yields on Treasury-Backed Muni Bonds Soar to Highest Since 2009.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 12/01
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Numbers Don’t Add Up for Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Building Plan.
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Bond Market Slide Intensifies.
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P3 Digest for Week of Nov. 21
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Issuers Took More Time to Complete Financial Audits in 2015.
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Updated Guidelines for Residential Pace Financing Programs.
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From Police Shootings to Playground Injuries, Lawsuits Drain Cities’ Budgets.
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Private Companies Face Big Fines for Commuter Rail Problems
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Bonds Are a Fair, Responsible Way to Finance Projects.
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Municipal Bonds: What to Do as Prices Drop.
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Muni Selloff to Continue in Weeks Ahead, Bank of America Says.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 11/23
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Municipal-Bond Selloff May Be Overdone as New Sales to Slow.
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Fitch: Majority of US State & Local Govts Inherently Stable Despite Growing Divergence from Minority.
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Children’s Hospital Median Financial Ratios.
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute Health Care Ratios Are Calm On The Surface But Turbulent Underneath.
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Small Stand-Alone Hospital Median Financial Ratios.
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute Health Care Speculative Grade Median Financial Ratios.
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care System Median Financial Ratios — 2015 vs. 2014
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Stand-Alone Hospital Median Financial Ratios — 2015 vs. 2014
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Bond Rout Pummels Muni Funds.
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Puerto Rico’s Top Creditors Flex Muscles in Bond Fight.
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MSRB Reminds Investors of Risks of Rising Interest Rates in Municipal Market.
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Trump Team Floats ‘Infrastructure Bank’ Derided by Campaign.
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Trump and State and Local Governments: The Known Unknowns.
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2 Takes on Trump’s Impact on Muni Bonds.
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Short-Term Muni Bonds to Ride Out Trump-Induced Volatility: UBS
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Municipal Bond Analysts Seek Greater Transparency from Charter Schools.
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U.S. High-Yield Muni Bond Fund Outflows Set Record.
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P3 Digest for Week of November 14, 2016
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S&P: The Post-Election Landscape For Municipal Bonds.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: Post-Presidential Election Impact on Munis & Rating Actions on New Mexico and New Jersey.
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S&P: Public Policy Helps Water Industry Ride the Tide, Conference Panelists Say.
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S&P: Trump’s Election Is Unlikely To Affect U.S. Public Power And Electric Cooperative Utilities’ Credit Stability.
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Sanctuary-City Mayors Gird for Fight as Trump Threatens Budgets.
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Municipal Market Braces for Wave of Debt Amid Trump Selloff.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 11/17
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Moody’s: Unfunded Pension Liabilities Eclipse Capital-Related Debt at US Public Universities.
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Fitch: Recent Events Underscore Vital Role of Technical Advisors in P3s.
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As Donald Trump Plans Building Boom, Cities and States Rush to Borrow.
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Post-Implementation Review Concludes GASB Standard On Fund Balance Reporting Achieves Its Purpose.
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S&P Reassessing, Deferring Some Ratings Due to Errors in Sector Models.
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U.S. Voters Say Yes to Big Bond Issues, Mixed Message on Taxes.
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Moves to Make as the Bond Market Sinks.
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Bond Funds Lost $18 Billion in Value During this Week’s Trump-Inspired Selloff.
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Trump Proposals Could Dent U.S. Muni Bonds, Pressure States.
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State and City Budget Blues: Pressures Keep Piling Up.
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Trump Dismantling of DoddFrank, Halt on New Rules Could Affect Munis.
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P3 Digest – Week of November 7, 2016
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Draws Support, But Could Hurt Munis.
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Steve Ballmer’s Plan to Make America Great Involves Excel Spreadsheets.
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U.S. Voters Decide on $70 Billion in Bonds, the Most in a Decade.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 11/09
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What a Trump Presidency Could Mean for State and Local Finances.
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This Government Bond Insures Against Failure.
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Trump Obamacare Repeal Threat Seen Pressuring Hospital Bonds.
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Fitch: More US Infrastructure Failures Likely as Asset Ages Rise.
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Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Faces Speed Bumps.
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State and City Budget Blues: Pressures Keep Piling Up.
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MSRB: Highest Muni Trading Volume in 3 Years.
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Funding and Public-Private Partnerships for Water Infrastructure Projects: Shearman & Sterling
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Orrick: California Debt Limit Allocation Committee Releases Proposed Regulations.
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Monthly Muni Volume Soars to Highest Since 1985.
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S&P: Western U.S. Ballot Measures Give Voters Chance To Leverage Recent Economic Growth.
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P3 Digest – Week of October 31, 2016
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