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Moody’s Sees Continued Public Pension Funding Gaps.
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Real Estate Munis Coveted in Riskless Return Chase.
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Toll Road Bankruptcy Reflects Growing Pains of P3 Sector, S&P Says.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – September 22, 2014
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Why Don’t More Cities Sell Air Rights?
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GASB User Survey on the Effectiveness of Statement 34.
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GFOA Executive Board Approves Four Best Practices.
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Century of Debt Suiting Ohio State at These Rates.
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Mintz Levin: Court Rules on Applicability of Make-Whole Premiums Upon Debt Acceleration.
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House P3 Panel Calls for Supporting Greater Use of P3S.
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Social Impact Bonds are Going Mainstream: Forbes.
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Duane Morris: Has P3 Reached a Tipping Point in The United States?
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FT: Century Bond Surge Defies Rate Fears.
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Municipal Market Advisors Municipal Issuers Brief – September 15, 2014.
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Bank Buying Spree Undiminished by Liquidity Rules: Muni Credit.
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WSJ MoneyBeat: Municipal-Bond Issuers Find It’s Easy Being ‘Green.’
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CUSIP: Municipal Bond Issuance Indicator Showing Improvement.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Sept. 8, 2014
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Scranton Stalked by Bankruptcy Mulls Selling Sewers: Muni Credit.
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Chicago Water Bonds Seen Shielded From Pension Woes: Muni Credit.
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Send Letters to Congress Supporting the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act.
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Feds Step Up Quest for Private Infrastructure Financing.
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Moody’s Predicts Huge Potential for Public-Private Partnerships.
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A Better Way to Manage Government’s Underutilized Property.
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Pensions’ Unfunded Liabilities Still Going Up.
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Puerto Rico Utility Bond Agreement Limits Disclosure, MMA Says.
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Chicago at Brink of Swaps Fee as Bond Ratings Fall: Muni Credit.
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Reinventing Democracy through Participatory Budgeting.
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NYT: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Deal Hinges on 2 Banks.
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August Muni Volume Rises 7%.
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Muni Managers Unearth Secondary Market for Price Discovery.
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New Borrowing Drags Down U.S. Municipal Bond Sales in August.
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Ballard Spahr: Congress Passes Highway Funding Bill; Includes Pension Funding Relief.
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CA Passes Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts Legislation.
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Public Employees’ Pension Dilemma.
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Driving Muni Bond Rally: Communities Reluctant to Borrow.
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GFOA Award for Best Practices in School Budgeting.
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More Detail Needed in GSA ‘Swap-Construct’ Exchanges, GAO Concludes.
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WSJ: Mow-Down in Motown.
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SEC Rating Agency Reforms Positive for Munis.
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Derivative Deals Making Comeback for Municipalities.
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S&P: Detroit Water & Sewerage Department Bonds Undergo Various Rating Actions after Expiration of Tender Period.
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S&P – Analyzing U.S. Rate-Regulated Utilities: The Magic of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Rating Trends – August 26, 2014.
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Moody’s: High-Poverty US Cities Can Still Achieve High Credit Ratings.
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WSJ: Fed to Consider Including Municipal Bonds in New Bank Safeguards.
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Post-Implementation Review Completed on GASB Standard Addressing Capital Asset Impairment, Insurance Recoveries.
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S&P: No More Pencils, No More Books – Technology Has Mixed Financial Implications for U.S. Public Schools.
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City Finances and the Promise of Data Visualization.
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Fitch: Detroit Water/Sewer Tender Would Not be a Distressed Debt Exchange.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – California Leads the Way.
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MMA Research Seems to Counter Some Concerns About S&P Ratings.
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Fitch: CalPERS Decision Raises Pension Obligations.
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WSJ: Regulators to Complete Bank ‘Liquidity’ Rules.
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SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index.
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GFOA: Public Pension Investment Returns Increase by 16.9% for Year.
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Municipal Bond Issuance Trending Down After Five Months of Gains.
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SIFMA Makes Changes to Muni Swap Index.
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SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index.
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Tax-Free Rally Extended With August Supply Doldrums: Muni Credit.
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WSJ: New Rules Near on Credit-Ratings Firms.
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Blackrock 3Q Muni Credit Highlights: Know What You Own.
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PWC: Ten Key Points from the SEC’s Final Money Market Rule.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Issuer Disclosure
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PennDOT Takes on P3S as States Cope with P3 Complexity.
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Flagstaff Funds Wildfire Prevention with Bonds.
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GASB: Auditor Survey on the Effectiveness of Statement 34.
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Pension Disputes Raise Transparency Questions for Advisors, Investors.
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Congress Considers Reviving Risky Bonds to Boost Small Businesses.
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Tobacco Settlement Bonds: The Next Cloud on the Horizon for Municipal Bonds?
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S&P Widens Lead Over Moody’s as Bond Upgrades Surge: Muni Credit.
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Kansas Issuer Credit Rating Lowered to ‘AA’ From ‘AA+’ on Structurally Unbalanced Budget; Outlook Negative.
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S&P: It’s Complicated . . . The Relationship Between Illinois’ Credit Rating and the Ratings of its Public Universities.
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Americans Oppose P3S to Upgrade Transportation Infrastructure.
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Chicago Infrastructure Trust Still Teasing with PACE.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Infrastructure Finance.
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Congress Introduces Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act.
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‘Pay for Success’: a Better Way to Deliver Social Services?
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Fitch Rates First Nonbank-Sponsored Volcker Compliant TOB.
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Fitch: US Local Government Pension Reform Hits Another Snag.
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SIFMA US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2014.
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Social Impact Bonds: Phantom of the Nonprofit Sector.
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Army Corps to Solicit Public Comment on P3 Pilot Program for Water Projects.
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U.S. Treasury to Put Public Pensions Under Scrutiny.
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GASB: What You Need to Know About Accounting for Leases.
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S&P: Why Unfunded Congressional Mandates Pose Little Threat to U.S. State and Local Government Ratings.
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McKinsey: Creating Growth Clusters: What Role for Local Government?
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Momentum Continues to Build for P3S.
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Should Someone Audit Government Auditors?
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Pushing the Community Reinvestment Act into Unchartered Territory.
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Do We Really Need to Keep Building Convention Centers?
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – July 28, 2014
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California High-Speed Rail Bonds Revived by Appeals Court.
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Moody’s: Q2 US Public Finance Rating Revisions Consistent with Stabilizing Trend.
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GFOA Secures Introduction of Legislation to Expand Availability of Bank-Qualified Bonds.
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S&P: U.S. Regulated Electric Utilities’ Annual Capital Spending Is Poised To Eclipse $100 Billion.
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Ballard Spahr: President Obama Seeks to Expand Market for P3 Transportation Projects.
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S&P: How Exposed are Bond Insurers to Issuers in Puerto Rico?
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MSRB Adds Graphing Tools for Historical Yield Data on EMMA.
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Rating Changes Were Still Positive In The Second Quarter, But A Bit Less So.
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S&P: Not All Loans Are Equal – Some Terms and Conditions That Make Disclosure Critical In Evaluating Credit Risk.
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Bank Loans Grow In Municipal Market While Bond Issues Shrink.
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Muni Rally Pushes Yields to Lowest Since May 2013 on Supply.
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Window Closing to Challenge Wall Street Over Swaps: Bloomberg Muni Credit.
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MSRB to Make Kroll Bond Ratings Available to the Public Through its EMMA Website.
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Has S&P Been Exaggerating Local Governments’ Stability?
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Finding the Money for Water Infrastructure.
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The Decoupling Of Treasury Yields and the Cost of Equity for Public Utilities.
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S&P Credit FAQ: Bond Insurers and the Recent Downgrades of Puerto Rico’s Public Corporations.
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S&P: How Asset-Backed Contribution Arrangements Can Muddle Pension Deficit Reporting.
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S&P: U.S. Pension Funding Improves, But How Long Will It Last?
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Investment Center to be a “One-Stop Shop” for P3S According to White House.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – July 14, 2014
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California Water Use Curbs a Credit Negative, Moody’s.
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Moody’s: Detroit’s Current Plan of Adjustment Favors Pensioners over Bondholders.
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Fitch: Few Surprises for Bondholders In Detroit LTGO Settlement.
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WSJ: Bond Insurer Takes On Detroit.
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Muni Strength to Continue in Second Half: Analysts.
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The Not-So-Sunny Side of Pension Obligation Bonds.
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Retirees Win Big in Illinois.
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NASACT GASB Review: 2014
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Municipal Credit Default Swap Activity Jumps, But Overall Market Is Still Thin.
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P3S Could Speed Construction of Port and Inland Waterway Infrastructure, Army Corps Testifies.
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S&P: U.S. State And Local Government Credit Conditions Forecast: Ramping Up After A Slower-Than-Expected Start.
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CDFI Fund Invites Comment on Annual CDFI Reporting Form.
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U.S. Plans Up to $4 Billion in New Cleantech Loan Guarantees.
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Jones Day: FERC Acts to Ensure that Utility Cost-Based Rates Include an Adequate Return on Equity.
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How S&P Intends to Implement its Revised Rating Methodology and Assumptions for Affordable Multifamily Housing Bonds and Apply them to Ratings.
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Growth In Green Bond Market Underscores Need For Market Standards.
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Army Chief of Engineers Looks to P3S for Nation’s Water Infrastructure Needs.
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Municipal Market Advisors Municipal Issuer Brief – June 30, 2014
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Senator Files PAB Proposal as Amendment to Transportation Bill.
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New Tennessee Law Insulates State Credit Rating from Cities’ Financial Problems.
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The Risks States Take for Their Distressed Cities.
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Illinois Pension Reform in Question on Insurance Ruling.
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Moody’s: New Pension Disclosures Under GASB 67/68 Will Have Limited Impact on US State and Local Government Ratings.
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WSJ: Illinois Supreme Court Rules Against Cuts in Retiree Health Benefits.
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WSJ: Creditors Win Bid to Challenge Detroit Bankruptcy.
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Muni Takeaways From the Morningstar Conference.
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S&P: U.S. State Pension Funding: Strong Investment Returns Could Lift Funded Ratios, But Longer-Term Challenges Remain.
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U.S. Public Pension Funding Gaps to Widen Under New Rules.
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Moody’s: US Nuclear and Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements to Jolt Some Local Governments.
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Fitch: Florida School Funding Shifting Toward Local Taxes.
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Fitch: Proposed Fund Balance May Pressure CA School Districts.
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WSJ: Tobacco Bonds Feel Heat From E-Cigarettes.
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GFOA: City of Junction City, Oregon, wins the Cash Basis Award.
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The Road Hazards Ahead for Transportation Funding.
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RBC Capital Markets State Economic Heat Map – Q1, 2014.
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S&P: U.S. Charter School Ratings Continued to Slip as 2013 Medians Sent Mixed Signals.
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S&P: California County and Local Government Investment Pools Report Few Changes Despite Persistently Low Interest and Improved State Revenue in 2014.
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Record Run Trouncing Treasuries Shows Tax-Free Lure: Muni Credit.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – June 23, 2014
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Bond Market Likes Charter School Scores.
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S&P: Rating Methodology and Assumptions for Affordable Multifamily Housing Bonds.
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S&P: Why U.S. Availability Projects are Not Rated the Same as the Counterparty.
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S&P: Texas Unlimited Property Tax Infrastructure Districts Balance Debt Levels With Growth Needs.
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San Bernardino Targets $190,000 Firefighter Pay in Court.
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CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards.
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County Lawmakers Approve Compromise Deal Over Miami Dolphins Stadium.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – June 16, 2014
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D.C. Water Considers First-Ever Century Bond by a Public Utility.
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Cook County Property Tax Bills to Have TIF Information.
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Supply Doldrums End in Citigroup $330 Billion Call: Muni Credit.
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WSJ: Accounting Changes Proposed for State, City Retiree-Benefit Plans.
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Detroit Rolls Out New Model: A Hybrid Pension Plan.
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The GASB’S OPEB Proposals are Now Available Online.
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Muni Market 2014 Halftime Show.
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N.J. Senior Home Offers Investors Unrated Debt: Muni Deal.
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Fitch: First Volcker-Compliant TOB Helps Muni Market Liquidity.
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MSRB Report: VRDO Market Down Five of Last Six Years.
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Buffett Warning Unheeded as Catastrophe Bond Sales Climb.
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Sewage-to-Fertilizer Plan Shows No Junk Bonds Stink.
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Tax Increment Financing: Tweaking TIF for the 21st Century.
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Moody’s Rates First TOB that Passes Volcker Rule.
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Detroit Reaches Bankruptcy Settlement with Some Bondholders.
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Ballard Spahr: Water Resources Legislation Could Lead to Increase of U.S. Water P3s.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – June 9, 2014
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East Dundee Appeals Wal-Mart TIF Case to State Supreme Court.
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NFL Falcons Stadium Bond Fight Taken to Top Georgia Court.
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Can Kentucky Stop Nonprofits from Abandoning Pension Obligations?
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Washington State’s Pension Lesson.
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Pittsburgh Rebirth Tainted as Pension Fuels Deficit: Muni Credit.
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New York City Gets Low Yields in First Bond Sale Since Union Deals.
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S&P: What Should the Market Expect from the Rating Process for Catastrophe Bonds?
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A Visit with BlackRock’s Muni Managers.
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Reed Smith: Show Me The Money: For Water And Transportation Projects, the Question is Always How to Pay.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Market Continued to Shrink in Q1 – Fed.
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U.S. Housing Finance Agencies Use Alternative Financing To Meet Their Mission
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Market Shrinking: Bank Holdings Up, MMF Holdings Down.
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MSRB to Unveil EMMA Price Discovery Tool.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – June 2, 2014
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Green Bonds Seen Tripling to $40 Billion on New Entrants.
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Public Finance.
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Record Debt Shrinkage Means Growing Bill for U.S. Roads.
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Fitch: Full-Spectrum Funding Needed for U.S. Water Projects.
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Municipal-Bond Website Gets Makeover to Help Buyers.
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FT: USAA Sells First Meteor Strike ‘Cat Bonds’
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Nervous About Borrowing, U.S. States and Cities Alter Municipal Bond Landscape.
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Florida Benefits as Yield-Thirsty Investors Line Up for Hurricane Bonds.
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