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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Royden Durham and Tony Tanner, portfolio managers at the Aquila group of funds, talk with Chip Barnett about what's special about Kentucky and Arizona -- what's the same and what's different -- within their municipal bond markets. (18 minutes)
October 17 -
Endorsed by Donald Trump, Landry has fought against ESG precepts and has had several run-ins with the state Bond Commission over firearms and abortion issues.
October 16 -
In January 2022, mobile sports betting went live. With a 51% tax rate on gross gaming revenues, New York, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have the highest gaming taxes in the nation.
October 13 -
Additionally, the Florida Treasury will follow suit and invest $25 million in Israeli bonds, said Jimmy Patronis, the state's chief financial officer.
October 12 -
"Further declines could weaken New York's tax revenue from the securities industry and have repercussions for our state and city budgets," said New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
October 12 -
The largest authorization approved at the October meeting was the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency's $750 million of revenue bonds.
October 11 -
Peter Lam has served as bond counsel to state and local issuers for public and privately placed bond issuances.
October 11 -
Mesirow's public finance group will collaborate with the firm's institutional sales and trading team to offer clients defeasance and cash-flow management for their portfolios.
October 10 -
"It's important to take this opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Japanese leaders and employers," said Gov. Roy Cooper.
October 6 -
The nature of municipal bonds is to help people, says Peter Hayes, "I really like that it's public purpose."
October 6
