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Illinois Lawmakers Propose Easier Path to Municipal Bankruptcy.
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Extra Credit: S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Credit Implications for Utilities Tied to Nuclear Plants, and Kern County)
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Obama’s Proposed 2016 Budget Seeks to Address Infrastructure Needs: Ballard Spahr
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MMA Issuer Brief: Strong Jan Ends; White House Budget.
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S&P: Proactive Management Actions and Improving Demand Should Afford Most U.S. Airports Credit Stability in 2015, Report Says.
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Bloomberg Brief – Municipal Market Weekly Video 02/12/15.
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As New Yorkers Live Longer, Cuomo Seeks Pension IOU: Muni Credit.
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Moody’s: Texas and its Municipalities Face Difficult Budget Decisions in Wake of Oil Slowdown.
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Fitch: Ruling May Endanger Key Revenue Source for Some CA Cities.
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Judge Says $178 Million Detroit Bankruptcy Fee Tab ‘Reasonable’
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Eight Things we Learned From the Detroit Bankruptcy.
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Atlantic City Emergency Manager Powers and Pre-Conditions for Filing Municipal Bankruptcy: Fox Rothschild
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Judge Strikes Down Puerto Rico’s Debt Restructuring Law.
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MMA Issuer Brief: Strong Jan Ends; Atlantic City Implications.
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What Obama’s 2016 Budget Means for States and Localities.
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The Week in Public Finance: Haunted Budgets, a Bustling Market and Bad Headline News.
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Best Bonds Seen Due Beyond 22 Years as U.S. Expands: Muni Credit.
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Moody’s: Some P3 Payments in the US Will Be Treated as Debt.
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Pension Bonds: State and Local Official Should Proceed with Caution.
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GFOA Executive Board Approves 10 Best Practices, Advisories.
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Risky Pension-Bond Strategy Considered in Kansas.
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Tobacco Leads Yield Chase as Smoking Decline Abates: Muni Credit.
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Obama Puts $1.3 bln Price Tag on New Infrastructure Muni Bond Plan.
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A.M. Best Briefing: Infrastructure Bond Program Could Widen Insurers’ Investment Choices.
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Obama Budget Adds Muni Programs, Contains 28% Cap.
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NABL: President Releases FY 2016 Budget Proposals.
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Vitter Reintroduces Bill Banning State and Local Bailouts.
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Decaying Roads, Bridges Attract Investor Interest.
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MacKay Municipal Managers Provides Top Five 2015 Municipal Market Insights.
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Tailing Europe, U.S. Is on the Road to New Investment Bonds.
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Ratings Agency Finally Gives Some Bond Investors Respect.
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S&P: Budgeting With Revenues Growing Means California Must Confront Its Past.
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S&P Maintains its Focus on Direct Loans after Evaluating $15.8 Billion in 2014.
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Denver Homeless Initiative Would be Latest to Tap Social Impact Bonds.
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Building Public Infrastructure Privately.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – Market Volatility a Theme.
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Fitch: Annual Upgrades Exceeded Downgrades for Public Finance in 2014, Reversing 5-Year Trend.
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S&P U.S. Municipal Water and Sewer Utilities 2015 Sector Outlook: And the Winner Is…
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The Myths of Municipal Mergers.
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What the CBO’s Latest Predictions Mean for States and Localities.
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Relax and Unwind: Volcker Rule Delayed.
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Local Debt Trails Treasuries on January Sales Surge: Muni Credit.
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Record Green Bond Issuance Bolsters Chicago Sewers: Muni Credit.
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Municipal Bond Sales Poised to Decline as Redemptions Increase.
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Volcker Rule Delay Good for U.S. Municipal Bond Market – Moody’s.
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FASB Refines Proposed Disclosure Rules for Lessee Accounting: Tax Analysts
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Paul to Offer Bill to Fund Highways Through Repatriation.
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Obama Avoids Transportation Funding Details, QPIBs In SOTU.
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S&P: Why Downgrades Will Outpace Upgrades in the U.S. Not-For-Profit Higher Education Sector.
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Low Oil Prices Could Bring New Energy to Municipal Bonds.
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QPIBs Provide a Level Playing Field for Public-Private Partnerships.
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5 Reasons To Own Muni Bonds In 2015.
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New P3 Legislation To Take Effect in Washington, D.C.: Ballard Spahr
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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: Obama’s Infrastructure Proposal Could Stimulate Much-Needed Investment.
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Getting Smart About the Water We Use.
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The Wrong Way to Keep Cops and Firefighters on the Job.
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Austerity Age Fades as Road Work Pushes Atlanta to Borrow.
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GASB Adds External Investment Pools to Its Technical Agenda.
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WSJ: Detroit’s Lawyers and Advisers Defend Billing.
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Obama Proposes Tapping Private Investors to Fund Infrastructure Projects.
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White House Proposal Would Encourage Public-Private Infrastructure Projects.
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The Other Debt Bomb in Public-Employee Benefits.
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Fitch: More US Defense Budget Cuts May Raise Housing Bond Risk.
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Obama Proposes New Muni Bonds for Public-Private Investments.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – What Should Be on Issuers’ Radar.
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Long Beach Civic Center P3 Hybrid to Plenary.
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Indy Justice Center Draws Big Guns to U.S. P3 Market.
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L.A. Stadium Developers Expect Public Paybacks.
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Oil Price Decline Mostly Positive for Municipals… At Least for Now.
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BlackRock Likes Barbell Approach for Munis.
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Muni Bond Manager’s Journal: Biting Into the Credit Donut.
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Puerto Rico Facing Debt Risk Beyond Power Utility: Muni Credit.
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Refunding Pushes U.S. Municipal Bond Sales to $8.77 bln Next Week.
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Tips for Talking Munis with Clients as Rate Hike Looms.
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Deloitte: Power & Utilities Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Tax Update.
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Cash-Flow Crunch Wanes as Note Sales Set Record Low: Muni Credit.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Outlooks For Higher Education And Public Power).
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White House Fact Sheet: Increasing Investment in U.S. Roads, Ports and Drinking Water Systems Through Innovative Financing.
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Muni Market Participants Applaud QPIB, Water Proposals.
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Fitch Revised Criteria for Rating U.S. Public Finance Short-Term Debt.
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U.S. Muni Bond Supply to Spike to $7.27 bln Next Week.
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New Tool May Aid California Cities in Filling State’s Infrastructure Gap.
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Moody’s Request for Comment – Tax Increment Debt.
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How to Use Impact Bonds to Finance Social Good.
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S&P U.S. Public Power 2015 Outlook: Despite Several Looming Issues, Credit Quality Should Remain Stable.
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Worst-Funded U.S. Pension Shows Kentucky’s Neglect: Muni Credit.
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Bondholder Sues Bankrupt San Bernardino for Favoring Calpers.
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Munis Face 2015 Headwind as Record Market Contraction Set to End.
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House Bill Would It More Difficult for Municipalities to File Chapter 9.
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Cheap Gas Should Boost Airport, Toll Road Bonds – Wells Fargo.
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Municipal Bond Maturities to Decline 38% After Market Contracts.
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Muni Bonds: Calm Ahead for 2015?
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Do Credit Ratings Matter Anymore?
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Municipal Defaulters Decline Amid Improving Economy: Muni Credit.
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Charter Schools Find Smarter Way to Borrow.
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Market Close: 2014 – What’s Not To Like?
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U.S. Stellar Municipal Bond Returns Set to Dim in 2015.
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NABL Files Amicus in Jefferson County Case.
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NABL, SIFMA: Ratepayers’ JeffCo Appeal Undermines Market.
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Munis Approach Cheapest Level of 2014 Relative to Treasury Debt.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – Important Issues in 2014
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A 5-Part Test for Public-Private Partnerships.
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Even with Stock Market’s Rise, Many Pensions Haven’t Recovered from Recession.
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The Week in Public Finance: Traffic Cam Drama, Retiree Healthcare and Another D.C. Shoutout A Roundup of Money (and other) News Governments Can Use.
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Environmental Risks Becoming Part of Bond Assessments.
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Falling Oil Prices Help Consumers, Hurt States.
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The 2014 Takeaways from State and Local Finance.
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Public Finance Predictions for 2015.
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Build America 21% Outperforms Local-Government ETFs: Muni Credit.
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WSJ: U.S. Muni-Bond Market Is on a Tear.
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S&P Places Radian Asset Assurance on CreditWatch Negative Following Assured Guaranty Deal.
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Public Pensions Are America’s Greece.
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Kansas Pension-Bond Plan Revived Amid Budget Strain: Muni Credit.
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Green Bonds Sell Big in 2014 as Finance Bids to Help Climate.
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U.S. Stellar Municipal Bond Returns Set to Dim in 2015.
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Pension Time Bomb Ticks as Disclosure Rules Toughen: Muni Credit.
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GFOA: City of Houston’s New Financial Policies Promote Fiscal Responsibility, Transparency.
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NASACT Responds to GASB Exposure Draft: The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State Governments.
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Exiting Municipal Bankruptcy Only a Step in Road to Recovery.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – Alternatives to Traditional Financing.
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S&P: A Year After the Local Government GO Criteria Update, California City Ratings Remain Strong.
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S&P Request for Comment: U.S. Public Finance Waterworks, Sanitary Sewer, and Drainage Utility Systems: Methodology and Assumptions.
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Standard & Poor’s Reclassifies 157 U.S. Public Universities; They are No Longer Government-Related Entities.
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S&P: Renewables Start to Shape U.S. Utility Decisions; Stable Outlook for Utilities, but More Changes to Generation Portfolios are Expected.
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Alaska, North Dakota, Wyoming Munis at Risk from Falling Oil.
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Why Muni-Bond Investors are Wondering what Illinois is Going to Do.
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Oil Dive Propels Toll-Road Bonds to Biggest Rally: Muni Credit.
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Muni Sales Poised to Decelerate While Redemptions Rise.
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Standard & Poor’s: Diverging Trends Keep U.S. States’ OPEB Liabilities Relatively Stable.
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SIFMA Survey: Total Muni Issuance to Edge up 2.7% to $357.5B in 2015.
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MassDirect Notes Win Deal of the Year.
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Firefighters Lose Bid to Sue Bankrupt San Bernardino in State Court.
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Municipal Rush to Borrow May Repeat: Chart of the Day.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Issuance to Flatline in 2015 – SIFMA.
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Municipal Issuer Brief – Pros/Cons for Upcoming Deal Slate.
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Fitch: Ratings Reflect Issuers’ Resiliency to Hazardous Events.
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Moody’s: Outlooks for US States and Local Governments Remain Stable on Stronger Revenues.
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WSJ: Most States are Good Credit Risks.
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Houston Stadium Debt Backfire Spurs Restructuring: Muni Credit.
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New Jersey Bond Costs Swell Fivefold in Stress Sign: Muni Credit.
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Slowing Cigarette Sales Could put Virginia Tobacco Bond Payments at Risk.
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Municipal Bond Volume Rises 15.3% in November.
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Are Muni Bonds Being Replaced by Direct Loans?
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GASB Issues Preliminary Views on Lease Accounting for State and Local Governments.
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GASB Issues Preliminary Views on Reporting Governments’ Fiduciary Responsibilities.
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S&P: U.S. State OPEB Liability is Stabilizing, But Funding Remains Low, Report Says.
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Pensions Case Study: North Riverside.
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Pay-for-Success Is Gaining Momentum, Study Finds.
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Jones Day: Nine Lessons From Detroit’s Chapter 9 Case.
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S&P: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Plan Outcome Will Not Lead to a Reevaluation of Recovery Assumptions for Bond Insurers.
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States’ Finances Are Now on Solid Ground: Barron’s.
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Wall Street’s Taxpayer Scam: How Local Governments Get Fleeced — and So Do You.
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Stockton Highlights Nationwide Risk of Conflict Between Muni Investors And Public Sector Unions.
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GASB: On the Horizon.
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Detroit Bankruptcy ‘All Negative’ For Muni Investors – MMA.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (California’s Proposition 2, Stockton, And Detroit).
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State Pension Funds’ Combined Underfunding Rises to $4.7 Trillion — Report.
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Rating Improvement Cools in the Third Quarter After the Local Government Criteria Implementation Period.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Green Bonds.
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Why Pay for Success Matters.
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California’s New Tax Increment Financing Law Could Unlock Billions of Dollars.
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A Green Bond for Public Pensions.
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Market Rates of Return for Effective Financial Management.
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Moody’s: More Than Half of Largest US Cities Maintained or Improved Credit Quality Since the Recession.
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Moody’s: Most US State Retiree Health Care Costs Becoming More Affordable.
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Muni Supply Set to Shrink as Redemptions Exceed Sales.
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NAST-NASACT Workgroup Issues Letter Regarding Changes to SEC Rule 2a-7 and the Impacts on Local Government Investment Pools.
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S&P: Why Detroit’s Bankruptcy Plan Outcome Doesn’t Affect U.S. Municipal General Obligation Ratings.
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California’s GO Debt Upgraded To ‘A+’ From ‘A’ On Strengthened Budget Stabilization Account; Outlook Stable.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – What A GOP-Controlled Congress Could Mean.
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California Credit Rating Raised After Voters Pass Reserve.
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SIFMA US Municipal Credit Report, Third Quarter 2014.
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Municipal Trading Volume Dips in Third Quarter 2014.
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Likely Default of Puerto Rican Utility Haunts Brokers, Muni Fund Managers.
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Detroit Bankruptcy Taught Muni Investors Painful Lessons.
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How the Tribune Analyzed CPS’ Bond Deals.
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Elections Season Could Shake Up Muni ETFs.
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Act 47: Pennsylvania Says Enough Is Enough. Or Is It? Ballard Spahr.
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Ballard Spahr: Regulators Decline to Exempt TOBs from Risk Retention Rule but Add Helpful Revisions and Clarifications.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Jobs, Housing & Local Governments.
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New Bridges Between Louisville and Indiana May Set Standard for Financing Future Highway Projects.
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New Challenges for Keeping Public Money Safe.
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New Rule Could Require Governments to Report Tax Incentives as Lost Income.
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Stockton’s Costly Bankruptcy May Not Tempt Other Cities.
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New York City Pension Funds Slow Growth of Wall Street Fees.
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Record Rally Reaches 10th Month as Volatility Rises: Muni Credit.
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Judge Approves California City’s Bankruptcy-Exit Plan.
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Governments Would Disclose Information on Tax Abatements Under GASB Proposal.
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GFOA: Talking Points Address Accusations against Pension Plans.
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GFOA: Pensions Help Recruit and Retain High-Quality Workers, Research Finds.
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Looking Under the Hood of Alternative Bond Funds.
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S&P: Ebola Adds Costs For Health Care Sector; No Rating Impact Yet.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – October 20, 2014 – Local Pensions as Problematic.
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Does “Pay for Success” Actually Pay Off? The ROI of Social Impact Bonds.
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When Public Employees Won’t Budge on Their Benefits.
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Seattle Adopts an Old Way to Pay for New Parks.
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World Trade Center Tower Rides a Muni-Bond Revival.
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BlackRock Sales in October Rally Signal Its Limits.
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