Tag: Municipal Bond Credit
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Michigan reveals new plan to aid struggling school district
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Michigan is backing off its hard-line stance of demanding a struggling public school district close its high school… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida judge strikes down bill abolishing Miami-Dade toll road agency
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A Florida judge has ruled that the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority can remain in business, after determining that lawmakers violated the state constitution by passing a law abolishing the toll road authority… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: New Haven, armed with outlook boost, touts five-year plan
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Armed with a recent boost from the capital markets, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp has released a five-year strategic plan that she said will help Connecticut’s second-largest city brace for any volatility… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s wraps up ratings review triggered by Puerto Rico ruling
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago’s recent defeasance of its remaining senior-lien water bonds resolved a review Moody’s Investors Service launched in May that included eight utility and special district credits nationwide as a result of an appellate court ruling on Puerto Rico special revenue bonds that has shaken the market… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Structural balance brings upgrades to Rockland County
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Rockland County, New York, received its second upgrade in two months after eliminating cumulative general fund deficits… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: San Francisco judge’s tax ruling viewed favorably by Moody’s
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A pair of California Superior Court rulings allowing San Francisco taxes approved by a simple majority to stand is credit positive for the city and other local governments… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: New York hospital gets positive outlook after capital improvements
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Orange Regional Medical Center in New York’s Hudson Valley may get a boost from its low investment grade rating after the completion of capital improvements reduced its debt burden… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago’s City Colleges still in recovery mode from state budget impasse
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: City Colleges Chicago will raise its property tax and tap some proceeds from the sale of its downtown headquarters to make ends meet in fiscal 2020 as the fiscal hangover from a two-year state budget impact lingers… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. They’re Back. – WSJ
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. They’re Back. Credit-grading agencies are giving out increasingly optimistic appraisals as they fight for market share in booming debt… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Budget cuts drive University of Alaska to consolidate its campuses
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The University of Alaska Board of Regents has voted to radically change the university system by consolidating into a single accredited university… Link to Story