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Municipal Bond Credit Report: The unfunded obligations of the pension systems sponsored by state and local governments in the United States continue to grow… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Given Connecticut budget uncertainties, S&P Global Ratings has lowered its rating on the city of Hartford’s general obligation bonds to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BBB’ — just above…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: For the fifth time in the past year — and for the second in two business days — a Wall Street credit rating agency has downgraded…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Delays in state grants are adding to the strains faced by the junk-rated Chicago Public Schools as it seeks – with the city’s help — to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: City leaders have taken a step toward bankruptcy, soliciting proposals from law firms that specialize in Chapter 9, which protects financially strapped municipalities… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Laura Taylor Swain, a federal court judge in New York with previous bankruptcy experience, will oversee Puerto Rico’s record-setting restructuring process under PROMESA after Supreme Court…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Puerto Rico is closing 184 public schools in a move expected to save millions of dollars amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s Investors Service stung Wright State University in Ohio with a triple-notch downgrade over the swift and severe deterioration of its balance sheet… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New reports show dramatically eroding state income tax receipts that could expand the deficit in the next two-year budget by more than $500 million while depleting…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Georgia and South Carolina owners of the two nuclear power projects at the core of Westinghouse’s bankruptcy case appear to have diverged in their negotiations… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Indiana is awaiting word from S&P Global Ratings to see if legislation designed to strengthen the state’s AA-plus rated school intercept program resolves concerns that prompted…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A four-city FBI sweep targeted a Houston-based engineering company and a slew of local government offices in Laredo with daylong raids in an investigation still shrouded…