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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The agency cited “the appropriation of the full actuarial pension contribution in fiscal 2022 for the first time in 26 years" coupled with improved reserves.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 12 -
“We are anticipating a substantial present value savings as a result of our being proactive,” said the spokeswoman for state Treasurer John Schroder.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 12 -
Building on the success of its Green Liberty Bonds, a subsidiary of the Connecticut Green Bank will allow mom and pop investors to place orders for as little as $100 for Green Liberty Notes until Friday.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 10 -
Gov. Kathy Hochul's “New Era for New York" initiative includes a $10 billion healthcare proposal, a $1 billion plan to help small businesses, middle-class tax relief, ethics reforms and limiting statewide elected officials to two terms.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 6 -
"There is no person who has done more to keep the New York City budget sound than Ronnie Lowenstein,” says Richard Ravitch. "She is a remarkable public servant.”
By Chip BarnettJanuary 5 -
The competitive tax-exempt Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District deal is climate bond certified by Kestrel Verifiers.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 5 -
Todd Cipperman, founding principal of Cipperman Compliance Services, talks with Chip Barnett about compliance and disclosure and regulation by the federal government in 2022. (42 minutes)
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
The new office is the firm’s first in the Southeast region.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Marjorie Henning was named deputy comptroller for public finance and Michael Haddad is interim chief investment officer and deputy comptroller for asset management.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 3 -
The Bond Buyer takes a look back and remembers those in the public finance industry who died in 2021.
By Chip BarnettDecember 30