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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"While everyone is watching the federal government experience a debt crisis and come close to defaulting on our nation's debt for the first time in history, Miami's credit rating was just recently upgraded," said Mayor Francis Suarez.
May 24 -
"We are seeing strength in the securities, transportation and warehousing and office sectors," New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said "but retail, restaurants, construction and tourism continue to lag the national recovery."
May 12 -
Fitch said its upgrade of Kentucky's IDR "reflects material improvements to Kentucky's fiscal reserves since 2020 as a result of improved budgetary discipline.
May 12 -
"Our ratings reflect the progress the city has made over time on important issues like rebuilding reserves and improving the health of our pension fund," said Philadelphia Treasurer Jackie Dunn.
May 12 -
"This is a historic accomplishment — setting new records for the largest single-month revenue and personal income tax collections in state history," said Gov. Jim Justice.
May 11 -
"This recent escalation of the Disney-DeSantis fight is unnerving, but it doesn't make that fight any more consequential for the municipal market," said Justin Marlowe of the University of Chicago.
May 10 -
The Municipal Forum of New York presented awards to four people at its annual fund-raising dinner in Manhattan on May 3. Money raised at the dinner is used to support the Urban Leadership Fellows internship program to support high school seniors heading to college.
May 8 -
"When the rating agencies developed and rolled out their ESG scores, they said their ESG scores would not impact an issuer's credit rating. We are holding them to their word," said Ben Watkins, director of the state Division of Bond Finance.
May 3 -
The state Senate on Tuesday gave a green light to the general appropriations act, which now goes into a constitutionally required 72-hour cooling off period before a Friday vote.
May 3 -
"Dave has always worked hard, maintained the highest analytic integrity and role modeled independent thought," said Eden Perry, S&P head of U.S public finance. "He will be missed."
May 2
