Municipal disclosure

The condition of Florida’s economy and finances led Moody's to upgrade the state to Aaa.

Georgia used an internet presentation and an investor platform to highlight its credit strengths before its annual general obligation bond sale.

A quarter of municipal bond issuance so far this year carried just one rating agency opinion, heightening uncertainty over credit quality for some investors.

The Government Finance Officers Association said Tuesday it generally supports most of the recommendations an SEC panel plans to discuss in Atlanta later this week.

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee's vice chairman is Elisse Walter, the former chairman and commissioner of the SEC who was most responsible for the commission's 2012 Report on the Municipal Securities Markets that suggested some of these muni reforms.

The muni industry's self regulator said issuers have found underwriters' disclosure letters to be too long, filled with boilerplate, and duplicative.

It’s the city’s first bond investor conference since exiting active state oversight earlier this year.

NFMA has given awards every year since 1984 to recognize those who have contributed to its goals for the advancement of the municipal bond industry.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.

The MSRB's controversial commentary about selective disclosure got some support from a top SEC official on Wednesday.

State-owned utility Santee Cooper received two subpoenas that appear to focus on a secret assessment report about the foundering project.

The $139 million refunding saved Alabama’s most populous county $12.35 million in debt-service costs.

The new investor relations website launched Thursday.

Material improvements in spending flexibility led Fitch to give Alabama’s most populous county a two-notch upgrade.

Treasurer Seth Magaziner hopes to attract more investors to Rhode Island's bond program.

The Miami-Dade County School District improved its disclosure practices to provide better bond investor outreach.

Missouri's GOP-dominated legislature passed a budget, and plans a special session to consider disciplinary action against the first-term Republican governor.

The commonwealth's web portal enables tracking general-fund balance in real time, among other features.

Build America Mutual's Les Richmond said that state and local governments might want to consider their disclosure obligations in the light of the more robust risk assessments they'll soon begin getting from their actuaries.

Credit analysts, bond attorneys and issuers are among those reacting to the increasing risk computer crime poses to governments.