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Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Massachusetts-based Hampshire College is closing its doors in December amid financial strains led by an inability to make a looming payment on $21 million of…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Voters in South Hadley, Mass., decisively rejected Tuesday a steep property tax hike proposal that officials said was needed to avert deep cuts and ease…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Campaign signs have been vanishing from yards of single-family homes in this sleepy college town, prompting local police to post a dry warning: “Stealing signs…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Financial woes in La Marque, Texas, led to a two-notch downgrade of its issuer rating from Moody’s Ratings to A3 from A1… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: The Treasury Department wants to talk to state insurance commissioners about the private loans piling up in insurers’ portfolios. Those state regulators have been keeping…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: A North Carolina city with tens of millions of dollars in outstanding debt is threatened with a state takeover because of what state officials call…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority’s $100 million of bitcoin-backed bonds received a provisional rating from Moody’s Ratings… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Budgeting was a bigger challenge than usual for governors this year. Federal spending and a strong economy made for years of easy budgeting, and while many…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Corpus Christi could be closer to a water emergency that has sparked credit concerns, according to scenarios presented to the city council on Tuesday… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: The war in Iran has crude oil prices flirting with $100 a barrel, as tankers are attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and states are…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Alabama, bondholders are being offered what would be, at best, an 18.7% recovery for the par outstanding in the facility’s Chapter…

Municipal Bond Credit Research Report: California school district municipal bonds are still a good risk-adjusted value despite a growing list of headwinds, including declining enrollment, according to a Los Angeles-based…