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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Fitch also affirmed the A rating on $800.3 million of senior lien seaport revenue bonds Miami-Dade County issued on behalf of its seaport department.
November 11 -
Third-quarter sales tax collections by local governments in New York increased 10.2% year-over-year, but that falls to 1.8% after adjusting for inflation.
November 11 -
The North Carolina Medical Care Commission got the green light to issue $105.1 million of tax-exempt revenue bonds to fund a five-story building that will house 71 independent living apartments.
November 10 -
After four hurricanes and 11 insurer insolvencies, a $458 million deal for the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association supplies capital to pay claims.
November 9 -
The county plans to expand the existing Metromover to create a transit corridor that will connect the cities of Miami and Miami Beach without riders having to transfer.
November 3 -
"No bonding will be needed to pay for Ian-insured losses," says Ben Watkins, director of Florida's Division of Bond Finance.
November 2 -
Mark Killingsworth and Mark Brown, who join as senior vice presidents, will originate municipal transactions for Capital One's direct lending portfolio.
November 2 -
Watkins has served in a variety of leadership roles on muni associations and is described by colleagues as a tireless advocate for the municipal bond issuing community.
October 31 -
Robert Radigan has joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner in the Public & Infrastructure Finance Practice in New York.
October 31 -
The municipal market was a tale of two halves in fiscal 2022, the report says.
October 28 -
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
