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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On a year-over-year basis, state tax revenues were up $321.1 million while the overall growth rate was 20.9%.
July 19 -
Florida’s unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 5.0% in June while gaining more than 69,300 jobs, as active job seekers look to rejoin the workforce.
July 16 -
Total revenue collections rose 14.5% from fiscal year 2020, ahead of an earlier forecast of 2.7% growth.
July 15 -
Perform, a portfolio management platform for institutional investors who want to accesses the municipal bond market, will be integrated into ICE Bonds.
July 15 -
According to disclosure notices, payments on two series of bonds issued in 2017 weren’t made on July 1 because of insufficient funds.
July 14 -
The U.S. social bond market is in its infancy, but there is huge potential for the public sector to contribute to the growth of this market, a CBI report said.
July 13 -
"You now have a proven toolbox based on the data from the MSRB municipal trades,” says Brad Wendt of Charles River Associates.
July 13 -
S&P’s Tiffany Tribbitt and Geoffrey Buswick talk with Chip Barnett about what municipalities can do to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks and what steps cities and states can take after an incident happens. (15 minutes)
July 13 -
General fund receipts increased to record surplus as road fund receipts gained 10.1% in the Bluegrass State.
July 9 -
State Treasurer Folwell praised officials in two towns for taking concrete steps to pass responsible budgets and avoid a state takeover.
July 7 -
Gov. Jim Justice said strong revenue collections during fiscal 2021, amid the pandemic, left the state with with a $413 million surplus.
July 6 -
Fitch affirmed $14.3 billion of annual appropriation-backed debt at AA-plus in addition to the $1.1 billion of AAA-rated general obligation bonds.
July 2 -
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will initiate an environmental review for Virginia's large-scale commercial offshore wind project.
July 2 -
Gilt-edged munis fell as much as two basis points Wednesday as the month ended and the first half stats were put into the record books.
June 30 -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Miami-Dade are working on plans to protect against rising seas and violent storms, but will it be enough?
June 30 -
The deal qualifies as both an environmental impact bond and as a green bond under the International Capital Market Association's Green Bond Principles.
June 28 -
A new administration in Washington and the power of coastal atmospheric patterns may boost wind-turbine electricity generation in the Southeast.
June 23 -
John Hallacy, founder of John Hallacy Consulting LLC, talks with Chip Barnett about the pandemic’s lingering credit impacts on state finances in a wide-ranging discussion of the many issues affecting the municipal market today. (17 minutes)
June 22 -
The city faced significant challenges finishing its annual comprehensive financial report as a result of a cyberattack, an overhaul of financial systems and managing through the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 21 -
The company's $200 million capital investment is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs in the city.
June 17
