Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Levels fell back to pre-pandemic levels, state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said, "so the notion that it's crashing and it's all gloom-and-doom is not a fair observation."
October 25 -
The upgrade reflects the city's improving pension funding practices, commitment to a sound reserve position and ability to institute structural budget measures, Fitch said.
October 21 -
At 2.5%, Florida's September unemployment rate is the second lowest in the state's history and the lowest since October 2006.
October 21 -
Cybercrime, inflation and more severe storms are among the increased risk factors confronting colleges and universities in the Southeast.
October 19 -
Municipal bond industry veteran Guy Logan will join the firm's Atlanta office as a managing director and lead the newly created investment banking group.
October 18 -
Luisella "Sella" Perri has wide experience in the public finance arena, with a focus on federal tax laws and regulations related to tax-exempt financings.
October 17 -
The Minnesota municipal bond vet will continue his focus on charter school finance in Florida.
October 12 -
The credit outlook on individual credits in Florida is mixed as the first reports of damage from the hurricane start filtering in.
October 12 -
The North Carolina Local Government Commission approved a $1.7 billion general obligation bond deal for Guilford County, which it held over last month.
October 11 -
"We are extraordinarily well positioned to deal with this storm from a financial standpoint," said Ben Watkins, director of Florida's Bond Division.
October 5
