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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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.
By Chip BarnettMay 26 -
The city will sell $439 million of general obligation bonds voters authorized in 2018 in three tranches instead of the originally planned four.
By Chip BarnettMay 19 -
Revenue from the new law would replenish the state's unemployment fund and then cut taxes on commercial real estate rents.
By Chip BarnettMay 12 -
The underwriter is no longer engaged with the state's plan to build prisons to be owned by private operator CoreCivic Inc.
By Chip BarnettMay 10 -
The ratings agency also said it expects cruises will resume at modest levels in the second half of this year.
By Chip BarnettMay 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.
By Chip BarnettMay 5 -
The ratings agency said it action reflects the state’s solid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Chip BarnettMay 5 -
Miami and Miami-Dade County are conducting studies of how to use cryptocurrencies in various local government capacities.
By Chip BarnettMay 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.
By Chip BarnettApril 29 -
The settlement shifts about $30 million of hospitality fee revenue from Horry County, South Carolina, to local governments there, including Myrtle Beach.
By Chip BarnettApril 28










