Municipal Bond Credit Report: Teachers union sues over Malloy budget-gap plan
Municipal Bond Credit Report: HARTFORD — The state’s largest teacher’s union filed a lawsuit Wednesday, in an attempt to stop Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budgeting by executive order… Link to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cook County Soda Tax Repealed Leaves Budget in Need of Fix
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cook County commissioners on Wednesday finished the job and repealed the short-lived pop tax, but Board President Toni Preckwinkle suggested afterward that their work is just…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: In California, rising pension tide leaves services underwater
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rising pension costs mean California cities are increasingly struggling to provide services and beginning to talk uncomfortably about insolvency, according to testimony from city officials and…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody's deems Honolulu rail's funding prospects a credit positive
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Hawaii’s efforts to get an $8.2 billion rail construction project back on track were deemed a credit positive by Moody’s Investors Service in a Thursday report……
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida residents appeal narrow ruling in Poinciana CDD bond validation case
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Residents of the Solivita planned retirement communities in central Florida filed two appeals of a judge’s decision in a bond validation case in an effort to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Treasury to withdraw proposed rules on political subdivisions
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday that they plan to withdraw their controversial proposed rules to define political subdivisions that can issue tax-exempt…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: SCANA, Santee Cooper sell nuclear guarantee for quicker payout
Municipal Bond Credit Report: SCANA and state-owned Santee Cooper announced Wednesday they have sold most of a $2.17 billion settlement that the Toshiba Corp. had agreed to pay the companies…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: S&P downgrades Pennsylvania credit to A-plus, cites budget problems
Municipal Bond Credit Report: S&P Global Ratings downgraded Pennsylvania’s general obligation debt one notch to A-plus on Wednesday as state officials struggle to close a $2.3 billion budget gap, the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: As Hartford Awaits State Aid, S&P Again Drops City's Bond Rating
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Standard and Poor’s, which had already downgraded Hartford’s debt to junk bond status, dropped the capital city’s rating another four notches Thursday, a week after the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Hurricanes' impact will linger after initial damage is repaired
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The impact of two major hurricanes in one month will be felt nationwide and should play a role in Congressional debates over immigration, infrastructure and other…
