Flint lost 1.2% of its population over the last year — the most of any large city in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Flint’s population totaled 111,475 last July, down from 112,857 in 2008, according to a local report. The report compares cities with populations over 100,000.
It’s the second year in a row that Flint has topped the list. In the Midwest, Cleveland and Dayton, both in Ohio, were also in the top five, the Census Bureau said.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
The law firm revealed 2024 promotions.
As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
John Fleming is pushing back against a proposal in the state Legislature to change the way the state Bond Commission oversees the issuance of debt by cities, counties and local governments and entities.
