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 $162 million tax-exempt new money deal is bolstered by two ratings upgrades and analysts say it will generate a lot of investor interest on Wednesday.
October 26 -
If commuters continue to work from home more often than in the office, their normal spending patterns on things like coffee and lunch will shift and impact business districts, neighborhoods and ultimately tax revenues.
October 26 -
The state will help back the $200 million project through up to $17 million of municipal bonds to be issued by the Virginia Public Building Authority.
October 25 -
Florida gained 84,500 jobs in September, with the state’s unemployment rate falling under 5%.
October 25 -
Kutak Rock will open a law office in Tallahassee next month, to be staffed with 10 hires from Hopping Green & Sams.
October 20 -
About 84% of minority- and women-owned business enterprises still do not have access to city government spending, according to the latest report.
October 18 -
Kroll Bond Rating Agency lifted its outlook to positive before Lee County sold bonds for the Southwest Florida International Airport.
October 13 -
Geoffrey Buswick and Todd Kanaster of S&P Global Ratings, talk with Chip Barnett about all things cryptocurrency. They look at why municipalities are getting into blockchain technology and crypto. What are the risks and rewards?
October 12 -
While move-outs still outpace move-ins, the rate at which people are leaving has slowed and returned to near pre-pandemic patterns. A return by workers to offices is also rising, but occupancy in the city remains lower than almost all major metropolitan areas in the U.S. except for San Jose and San Francisco in California.
October 8 -
The lion's share of the deal is taxable, with a $20 million tax-exempt new money series; proceeds from the taxables will refund outstanding debt.
October 6
