Municipal Bond Credit Report: House GOP tax plan would halt advance refundings, eliminate PABs, prohibit use of tax-exempts for stadiums
Municipal Bond Credit Report: WASHINGTON – The House Republican tax bill would shrink the municipal market considerably by halting advance refundings and private activity bonds after the end of this…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Credit agency less bearish about Santee Cooper debt after V.C. Summer pullout
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A credit analysis firm, Fitch, has removed its “negative watch” outlook on $7.4 billion in Santee Cooper debt and affirmed its long-term A+ rating for the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody's Warns of 'Likely' Hartford Default, Decades of Deficits Ahead
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s Investor Service issued a dire warning to lenders Thursday: Hartford is likely to default on its debt by November and, if it doesn’t change course,…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody's: State Budget Crisis Threatens Financial Health Of Dozens Of Connecticut Municipalities
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Borrowing costs could rise for 51 municipalities and six regional school districts in Connecticut because of the state’s long-running budget standoff, a bond-rating agency said Monday……
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cook County Soda Tax Repealed Leaves Budget in Need of Fix
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cook County commissioners on Wednesday finished the job and repealed the short-lived pop tax, but Board President Toni Preckwinkle suggested afterward that their work is just…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…
