Municipal Bond Credit Report: Opportunity Zones will be a boost to the muni market
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The municipal bond market is expected to receive a boost, albeit an indirect one, from new Internal Revenue Service regulations covering investments in Opportunity Zones… Link…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: In toll-heavy South Florida, lawmakers poised to impose reductions
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida lawmakers are poised to dissolve a local road building agency in a bid to reduce tolls in South Florida and to tighten control of future…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: IRS takes no action on Harris County-Houston Sports Authority bond audit
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Internal Revenue Service took no action in a recently concluded audit of $511 million in tax-exempt advance refunding bonds issued in 2014 by the Harris…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: New legal woes confront South Carolina’s Santee Cooper utility
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A new legal fight has emerged for South Carolina’s state-owned Santee Cooper utility as it continues to feel repercussions from its failed nuclear power project… Link…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Bond insurers argue against legality of Puerto Rico debt
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Two legacy bond insurers have filed motions in support of the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s effort to declare illegal $6 billion of the commonwealth’s bonds issued…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: UConn shakes off S&P downgrade, plans GO deal
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coming off a downgrade by S&P Global Ratings, the University of Connecticut intends to price $240 million in general obligation bonds this week… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Oregon governor unveils school pension plan
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown unveiled a comprehensive plan to shrink school pension costs by diverting some revenue streams and requiring employees to contribute more… Link to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Proposed Texas tax shift may kill certificates of obligation
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas lawmakers are considering a historic shift in the source of school funding and a cap on local property taxes as they near the final month…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy divides general obligation bondholders
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Holders of Puerto Rico general obligation and guaranteed debt from before fiscal year 2012 filed a motion Thursday against the legality of Puerto Rico GO and…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: States throw struggling schools a pension life raft
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Oregon, California, Indiana and Kansas have all proposed budget legislation this year to provide one-time funding to help alleviate the pension burdens for school districts in…
