Municipal Bond Credit Report: Recommendations released by a bipartisan New Jersey panel last week aimed at attacking the state’s beleaguered finances centered largely on combating soaring pension and benefit costs……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The impact on muni credits from the two most monstrous of California’s many current wildfires has been minor so far… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A $2.2 billion jump over eight months in the estimated cost to complete two nuclear reactors in Georgia could spell doom for the project… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Chicago Board of Education put its stamp of approval on a $6 billion fiscal 2019 operating budget, $1 billion capital program, and more than $2…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nacogdoches County Hospital District took a nine-notch downgrade from S&P Global Ratings as the East Texas hospital operator prepares to file for bankruptcy… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A vicious cycle of aging populations, urban migration, job losses and falling revenues darkens the credit outlook for hundreds of rural counties that have generally failed…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: With flush reserves and structurally balanced budgets bolstered by new pension reform measures, Minnesota won back S&P’s top rating… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The South Carolina electric cooperative that pays for 70% of the energy produced by state-owned Santee Cooper wants the state’s high court to let a lower…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A booming Texas economy produced record sales tax revenue for the month of June with collections of $2.77 billion representing a 13.7% increase… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Better management may not be enough to stabilize pension funding in Connecticut’s major cities, according to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research… Link to Story