Government finance

The expected GFOA guidance will come as governmental units prepare to meet a Jan. 1, 2020 deadline set by the Government Accounting Standards Board for treating all leases as financings for the right to use an underlying asset.

Bills on Gov. Nathan Deal's desk would allow creation of a new city of Eagle's Landing at the expense of the existing city of Stockbridge.

The proposed city of Eagles Landing would take the heart out of the city of Stockbridge, Georgia, with no apparent accommodation for its outstanding debt.

Solving the state's pension crisis will require politically painful options for taxpayers and public employees.

The case involves as much as $100 billion in state and local sales tax revenue over the next decade, according the e-commerce retailers that are defendants in the lawsuit.

Local government public safety pension funds are armed with new funding enforcement mechanism.

The justices and attorneys both sides in a case involving South Dakota all appeared to prefer action by Congress to regulate this area of interstate commerce that has been forced on the high court by legislative gridlock.

A high court ruling on online sales taxes that favors the states “could gradually improve long-term revenue growth prospects,” Fitch said.

Lanny Schwartz brings varied experience to a new role at the MSRB, including with the derivatives that could be poised to make a comeback because of the prohibition on advance refundings.

The Georgia Legislature’s plan to cut the city of Stockbridge in half, without its consent, brought warnings of litigation from bondholders and potential damage to the state's triple-A rating.