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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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Muni Market Starved for Bonds Gets Most Supply in Three Months.
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Moody’s: State Debt Survey Shows New Debt Issuance Falls to Lowest Level in 20 Years.
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US Muni Treasurers Warn LCR Could Crimp Spending.
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WSJ: Mom and Pop Investors Return to Municipal Bonds.
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Clean Energy Bond Finance Model: Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds.
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Groups: 501(c)(3) Bonds a Useful Tool for Financing Clean Energy Projects.
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GASB Proposes Major Improvements for Reporting Health Insurance and Other Retiree Benefits.
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China Still Has Work To Do On The Municipal Bond Market.
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S&P: U.S. Not-for-Profit Health Care Sectors 2013 Pension Plan Medians: Time To Exhale?
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S&P: U.S. Infrastructure Funding: How Insurance Companies and the Private Sector Could Bridge the Gap.
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High-Yield Issuers Should Seize the Moment.
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Groups Want Congress to Overturn Ban on Use of Bonds with WIFIA Program.
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Looming Public Pension Crisis Is Bigger Than It Appears.
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Toll Road Bonds Offer Rare Value In Pricey Muni Market – Citi.
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The Outlook on Pay for Success / Social Impact Bonds.
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Mayer Brown: New US Water Infrastructure Legislation Passed Today: Will WIFIA Repeat The Success Of TIFIA?
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Waller: Municipal Debtors: “Cram Down” of Special Revenue Debt.
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Hedge Funds Take Muni-Bond Market By Storm.
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Why Insured Municipal Bonds are Staging a Comeback.
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S&P: Limited Visibility For Climate Change’s Effects on U.S. State and Local Government Credit Quality.
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Municipal Bond Market Monthly – Janney Fixed Income Strategy – May 22, 2014
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Awakening the Potential of Clean Energy Bonds.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – May 19, 2014
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S&P: How Utilities Pay For Post-Sandy “Storm-Hardening” Infrastructure Investments Could Factor Into Credit Quality.
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U.S. School Revenue Dropped in 2012 for First Time in 35 Years.
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Moody’s: Directing Investments at New Priorities Can Benefit Not-for-Profit Hospitals.
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Preparer Survey on the Effectiveness of Statement 34.
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SIFMA Commends House Committee for Taking Action to Stop Eminent Domain Scheme.
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MuniNet Guide: Five Handy Online Calculators for Municipal Research.
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Investors Withdraw Appeals Against California Eminent Domain Plan.
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SIFMA: Detroit’s LTGO Treatment Would “Shatter” Muni Industry.
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Bond Markups as Low as 3% Said Excessive to Finra in Trading.
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Illinois Launches Legal Argument for Pension Reform.
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Chicago Crisis Obscures $8.4 Billion Pension Gap in Small Towns.
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GASB: Tax Abatement Disclosures.
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GASB: Lease Accounting – Reexamination of NCGA Statement 5 and GASB Statement.13
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GASB: On the Horizon.
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GASB Stakeholder Focus: The Request to Delay Statement 68.
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CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for FY 2014 CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
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California Public Debt Issuance Monthly Data CDIAC | May 16, 2014
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Foley: Department Of Energy Announces New Loan Guarantee Program For Renewable Energy And Energy Efficiency Projects.
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S&P: Disclose Bank Loans or Risk Rating.
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S&P 2014 Review of U.S. Municipal Water and Sewer Ratings: How They Correlate with Key Economic and Financial Ratios.
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S&P General Obligation Medians for Counties Under the Revised Local GO Criteria: 1Q 2014 Update.
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S&P General Obligation Medians for Municipalities Under the Revised Local GO Criteria: 1Q 2014 Update.
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Anaheim Says $265 Million Bond Deal Terminated by Citigroup.
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Phoenix Sells $300 Million Amid Pension Push: Muni Credit.
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Fitch: Despite Local CA Victory, OPEB Battles Will Go On.
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NYT: Detroit Bankruptcy Deadline May Be Missed, Imperiling State Funds.
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WSJ: More Detroits Are on the Way.
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GASB Issues Exposure Draft on Fair Value Measurement and Application.
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GFOA Best Practice of the Week – Guidance for Affordable Care Act Implementation.
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GFOA: A Guide to Starting the Lean Journey.
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CUSIP Global Services Launches Municipal Pre-Refunded Linkage Service.
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Opportunities Abound for Bond-Financed Infrastructure, But So Do Obstacles.
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Pension Plans Go Risky With Investments.
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NFMA Bestows Industry Awards on Four Individuals and NASACT.
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Michigan Bill Would Impose 20 Years’ Oversight on Detroit.
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Strategists Concerned Muni Investors Can’t Manage Tobacco Bonds’ Risk.
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No-Bid Sales Drop as Philadelphia Chooses Auctions.
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Moody’s: Municipal Bond Defaults Remain Low in Number, but New Trends are Emerging.
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Fitch: Fracking Water Supply Risk Would Fall on U.S. Utilities.
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How Will State and County Government Employees Fare under Kentucky’s New Cash Balance Pension Plan?
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Testimony on the Status of the Highway Trust Fund and Options for Financing Highway Spending.
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Financial Accounting Foundation Issues 2013 Annual Report.
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GFOA: Tips on Creating a Budget Document that Communicates with Stakeholders.
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Detroit Files New Debt Plan.
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Nossaman Posts Draft Model P3 Legislation for Public Buildings and Invites Comments.
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Bond Insurance Then & Now: The Revival of an Industry.
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Detroit Strikes Tentative 5-Year Deal with 14 Unions in Bankruptcy Case.
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Pension Reporting Change Has Jurisdictions Reviewing their Funding Policies.
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BondUnderwriter Rolls Out New Issue Muni Bond Platform for Individual Investors.
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Moody’s: First-Quarter 2014 US Public Finance Rating Revisions in Line with Improving Credit Conditions.
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Muni Commentary – Where’s the Infrastructure Volume?
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WSJ: A Discount on Muni Funds.
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WSJ: Investors Embrace ‘Catastrophe Bonds.’
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S&P: Why Local Economies Have a Greater Credit Impact on Local Governments than on U.S. Public Housing.
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S&P: U.S. Bond Insurers and the Financial Guarantee Sector Stand at a Crossroads.
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