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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The state's record-high budget includes relief from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
June 2 -
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center predict a 60% chance of an above-normal season.
June 2 -
The state's general obligation bonds are rated triple-A by Moody's, S&P and Fitch.
June 2 -
Sheila King of Eagle Asset Management talks with Chip Barnett on the growing importance of environmental, social and governance issues for municipal governments. She gives examples of what works and what doesn't and why it matters. (14 minutes)
June 1 -
Grace Dunlap, Chair of the Board at Bryant Miller Olive P.A., has been honored with the 2020 Ralph A. Marsicano Award presented by the City, County and Local Government Law section of the Florida Bar.
May 28 -
Cruise ship ports in the U.S. may see some light at the end of the tunnel after more than a year without any departures because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 26 -
The city will sell $439 million of general obligation bonds voters authorized in 2018 in three tranches instead of the originally planned four.
May 19 -
Revenue from the new law would replenish the state's unemployment fund and then cut taxes on commercial real estate rents.
May 12 -
The underwriter is no longer engaged with the state's plan to build prisons to be owned by private operator CoreCivic Inc.
May 10 -
The ratings agency also said it expects cruises will resume at modest levels in the second half of this year.
May 6 -
Alpha Ledger Technologies, which had already done so in its home state of Washington, helped its first Oregon issuer record a municipal loan on a blockchain platform.
May 5 -
The ratings agency said it action reflects the state’s solid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 5 -
Miami and Miami-Dade County are conducting studies of how to use cryptocurrencies in various local government capacities.
May 5 -
Fitch also affirmed the authority's $1.8 billion of senior lien bonds at AA-minus and $968 million of subordinate lien bonds at A-plus.
April 29 -
The settlement shifts about $30 million of hospitality fee revenue from Horry County, South Carolina, to local governments there, including Myrtle Beach.
April 28 -
Apple said it expects the new campus in Raleigh’s Research Triangle area will create at least 3,000 new jobs and when finished is forecast to generate over $1.5 billion in economic benefits annually for North Carolina.
April 26 -
The pact may generate up to $2.5 billion in revenue for the state in the next five years and $6 billion through 2030.
April 23 -
The rating agency's public finance housing group is now called the Community Development and Social Lending Group.
April 22 -
In the Southeast, almost $71 billion of American Relief Plan funds will be dispersed to state and local governments.
April 21 -
The municipal market was steady Monday as the investors gear up for three separate billion-dollar deals heading to market from California, New York, and Connecticut issuers.
April 19
