Muni Think

Attracting companies like Amazon requires more than tax incentives, favorable regulations and other lures to which we can attach a dollar sign.

California and New York City are showing us the path forward, as they often do, in the face of the new limits on the federal deduction for state and local taxes.

Creditors' call for a receiver for PREPA is an Imperfect solution from a suspect source to be decided by the wrong authority – and it just might work.

To combat the challenge, many municipalities have turned to creating OPEB trusts to fund the liabilities.

Climate resiliency is an increasingly material issue for investors in utilities that manage water infrastructure.

The SEC failed to ensure that issuers and obligated persons are able to readily comply with the new requirements.

An asset transfer that links a revenue-producing asset to public pension funds may provide long-term solutions to poorly funded systems.

Puerto Rico entities paid millions for rejected proposals, lost $1.1 billion on risky interest rate bets.

Municipal advisors may be subject simultaneously to conflicts of interest that should be fully disclosed under both federal and state law.

The threat of lower tax revenues after the IRS denied the SALT tax workaround isn’t the only worry.