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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Municipal issuers in the Southeast sold $76.9 billion of bonds in 2020; $3.5 billion for Florida's Hurricane Catastrophe Fund was the region's biggest deal.
March 3 -
The state’s transportation investment is estimated at $50 billion over the next decade and the commission’s recommendation is to increase total investment by at least $20 billion more in the next 10 years.
March 1 -
The deal was the largest in the authority’s history, with the lowest ever interest rate for one of its sales and netting a record-breaking $112 million in interest cost savings.
February 24 -
The Kentucky Kingdom amusement park, which leases its property from the Kentucky State Fair Board, will now be run by the well-seasoned operator of Dollywood.
February 24 -
Moody's affirmed the state's general obligation bonds at Aa3, and credited it with significant long-term progress in restoring financial reserves and liquidity.
February 24 -
"We need to make realistic assumptions regarding our ability to achieve expected returns in the future," said North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell.
February 17 -
Gov. Jim Justice outlined a vision to repeal the state income tax, which drives almost half of the state's general fund revenue.
February 12 -
HJ Sims has used Cinderella bonds, tender offers and forward deliveries to help senior living clients refinance without tax-exempt advance refundings.
February 10 -
Taking advantage of low rates, the state's School Bond Authority is selling the largest bond issue in its history to refund outstanding debt.
February 8 -
The philanthropic arm of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. announced donations to support Howard University and Spelman College.
February 3
