The Muni Lowdown

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporters Deb Pace and Kunal Kamal about the Long Island Power Authority's (LIPA) setbacks and diverging trends in school district enrollment. Deb Pace kicks off the podcast providing an overview of the legislative efforts to turn LIPA into a public utility that started back in 2021. Deb then tu...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporters Deb Pace and Kunal Kamal about infrastructure and regulatory issues in the water sector, as well as a debt ceiling update. Deb Pace kicks off the podcast by highlighting the uptick in water infrastructure investments lately, with a focus on upgrades that can either help agencie...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with Greg Clark, head of research, and reporter Simone Baribeau about NYC’s congestion pricing plan and Florida’s efforts for hurricane season. Greg Clark kicks off the podcast highlighting the recent history of the Central Business District Tolling Program (“congestion pricing”) and how it’s...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporters Deb Pace and Kunal Kamal about fiscal challenges facing states and the debt ceiling, respectively. Deb Pace kicks off the podcast highlighting those states suffering from precipitous income tax declines. The discussion turns towards those states faced with healthy reserves and...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with Paul Gunther, legal analyst for Debtwire and Greg Clark, head of municipal research, about the Chapter 9 filing of Chester, PA. For decades, the City of Chester has experienced incremental credit deterioration that eventually led to a Chapter 9 filing in November 2022. On this podcast, G...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporters Kunal Kamal and Sophia Clark, about stadium financing in the US. Public financing of sports facilities through tax-exempt municipal debt has been a common practice among government entities, despite little evidence suggesting that the benefits to the local economy match the cos...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporter Simone Baribeau and Greg Clark, head of research, about three situations involving forbearance agreements. A forbearance agreement is basically an agreement that creditors will not pursue options that are legally available to them—such as bond acceleration—to give a borrower tim...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporter Simone Baribeau about the challenges facing continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). On this podcast, Simone delves into the basket of violated covenants seen in the CCRC space around debt service coverage, liquidity, and occupancy. The discussion turns to the desire of C...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporter Deb Pace about the cybersecurity risks for municipal issuers and borrowers. On this podcast, Paul provides an overview of the hostile threat landscape that exists. Paul highlights the catalyzing effect on governmental entities of the May 2021 Federal Executive Order on Cybersecu...

On the latest episode of the Debtwire Municipals Muni Lowdown podcast, Managing Editor Paul Greaves speaks with reporters Deb Pace and Simone Baribeau about how wages and union organizing are driving labor disputes in the education and hospital sectors. On this podcast, Deb discusses strike votes at various higher education institutions such as Rutgers University, Chicago State University, as well...

This edition of the #MuniLowdown focuses on the significant financial challenges faced by hospitals #Healthcare #NonprofitHospitals #muniland

#muniland #accounting #governmental #disclosure #dissemination #governments Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#puertorico #pension #debtadjustment #bankruptcy Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#puertorico #pension #debtadjustment #bankruptcy Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#muniland #diversity #issuance #infrastructure #taxable #governments Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#muniland #utilities #electricity #ercot #prepa #esg Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#muniland #atlanticcity #stateoversight #unrated #waterpark Debtwire Municipals' Associate Editor Caitlin Devitt and Senior Reporter Kathie O'Donnell discuss Atlantic City, NJ, which will be under state oversight for four more years and how an unrated USD 95m financing deal for a water park looks dead in the water.

#muniland #stimulus #california #schooldistricts #pensions #teachers #population Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#harvey #ercot #texas #electricity #distressed #pension #bondholder #muniland Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#climatechange #esg #hurricane Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact yong.lim@iongroup.com

#puertorico #prepa #electric #luma #bankruptcy Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact paul.greaves@acuris.com

#infrastructure #muniland Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact paul.greaves@acuris.com

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