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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A proposal would prohibit fund managers at the State Board of Administration from considering ESG factors when investing the state’s money and require them to only consider maximizing returns on investment.
By Chip BarnettJuly 28 -
The Louisiana Bond Commission approved $600 million of notes to help pay Hurricane Ida damage claims after several insurers went bankrupt and up to $1.1 billion to build a biorefinery.
By Chip BarnettJuly 27 -
The Miami metro area saw the most private-sector job growth among all metro areas in the state in June and year-over-year.
By Chip BarnettJuly 25 -
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said her proposed $9.3 billion fiscal 2022-2023 budget, with the tax cut, safeguards the county's fiscal stability and maintains critical services.
By Chip BarnettJuly 22 -
Because revenue from riders at the farebox has not recovered as well as the MTA had expected, budget gaps are rising as federal funds are falling.
By Chip BarnettJuly 21 -
“In the Great Recession it took us like seven or eight years to get back to where we were pre-recession,” Florida's Ben Watkins said. “This time it was less than 24 months.”
By Chip BarnettJuly 20 -
Personal income tax data indicates the stock market slump is taking a toll on tax collections, Comptroller Brad Lander said in a report on the city's finances.
By Chip BarnettJuly 15 -
The firm’s project finance & public finance practice comprises more than 50 attorneys and professional colleagues and is looking to add.
By Chip BarnettJuly 14 -
Coming back from COVID, states in the Southeast are seeing their revenue streams perk up as economic activity resumes across the region.
By Chip BarnettJuly 13 -
While small in size and population, D.C. is a wealthy area. If it were a state, it would rank 47th in population while its per-capita income leads all 50 states and it has a GDP greater than 17 states.
By Chip BarnettJuly 12










