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 $136 million refunding is also backed by the state's appropriation pledge; a political dispute over how to handle unclaimed property was resolved last year.
February 3 -
Raymond James has hired veteran municipal banker Jim Tricolli as a managing director.
February 2 -
Over half of the $4.3 billion rise in the $96.6 billion budget proposal is related to costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 28 -
The state is attempting to abolish the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.
January 27 -
While a traffic turnaround may already be starting, analysts warn it will be a slow and difficult return for the airport sector to pre-pandemic levels.
January 27 -
Gov. John Bel Edwards wrote to President Joe Biden requesting additional federal funding for communities hard hit by three hurricanes in 2020.
January 27 -
The city has leveraged $10 million in Miami Forever bond proceeds by 20 times to provide $200 million to build affordable housing units.
January 26 -
The agreement to end the lawsuit over the sale of securities for a failed nuclear reactor project still must be approved by the court.
January 25 -
While Florida has gained jobs for eight straight months, Fitch warns it could take up to four years for the travel, leisure and hospitality sectors to recover, areas that play an important role in the Sunshine State's economy.
January 22 -
City Council reservations torpedoed Mayor Adrian Perkins' request to ask voters for $207 million of general obligation bond authority.
January 22
