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 governor pointed out the advantages of the current low interest-rate market environment and the state’s low debt levels.
By Chip BarnettMarch 24 -
The federal Tennessee Valley Authority has been pushed to offer better terms to local utilities in the Southeast to keep them in its fold.
By Chip BarnettMarch 24 -
Virginia was ranked 23rd in the nation for its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economy.
By Chip BarnettMarch 17 -
Boosters say completion of the 22-mile trail corridor is expected to deliver a total economic impact of $10 billion.
By Chip BarnettMarch 17 -
Louisiana and NASA are looking at creating a “Space Campus” in New Orleans out of an existing NASA assembly facility to drive economic development.
By Chip BarnettMarch 17 -
The budget, a continuation from the previous fiscal year, was called too austere by some critics.
By Chip BarnettMarch 17 -
The NYC comptroller will hold six webinars as part of the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises University series as Siebert Williams Shank's affiliated Clear Vision Impact Fund announced it has received $100 million in capital commitments from big business.
By Chip BarnettMarch 15 -
Because the IRS changed filing dates for income tax returns as a result of the coronoavirus , Georgia's net tax collections surged 42% last month.
By Chip BarnettMarch 11 -
A state appeals court ruled that the Palm Beach County School District violated state law by excluding charter schools from a voter-approved tax levy.
By Chip BarnettMarch 10 -
The office designs and implements a plan that coordinates statewide resilience and disaster recovery efforts.
By Chip BarnettMarch 10










