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• IRS closes Florida jail bond audit after bonds converted to taxable

  

  IRS agents are increasingly closing audits with no action if bonds are converted to taxable.

  Munis Lynn Hume 10h ago

  Munis Lynn Hume 10h ago

• Stringer: A responsible rise in NYC’s $89.96B FY18 budget

  

  New York City’s $87.96 billion budget for fiscal 2018 shows “a responsible increase” of 2.8% from the adjusted 2017 budget, according to an analysis done by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

  Budgets Chip Barnett 11h ago

  Budgets Chip Barnett 11h ago

• Web Seminar Recent developments in pension obligation bonds

  Aug 16, 12:00pm Increases in unfunded pension liabilities are a widespread problem affecting many public entities’ budgets, ratings and borrowing capacity, which also impacts their capital improvement programs.

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• Munis end mixed as NYC’s $900M of GOs price for institutions

  

  Top quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates unchanged.

  Primary bond market Chip Barnett July 26

  Primary bond market Chip Barnett July 26

• Illinois sends out Medicaid payments

  

  Illinois made $740 million in Medicaid-related payments this week.

  Government finance July 26

  Government finance July 26

• Fitch analyst raises concerns about Virgin Islands budget

  

  The U.S. Virgin Islands' proposed budget may be overly optimistic in its revenue and spending assumptions, according to a Fitch Ratings analyst.

  Budgets Robert Slavin July 26

  Budgets Robert Slavin July 26

• Michigan Gov. Snyder moves to slow tax breaks

  

  The sales tax breaks on car trade-ins comes at too great a price for the state.

  Budgets Nora Colomer July 26

  Budgets Nora Colomer July 26