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The Nebraska Farm Bureau says a community colleges $369 million bond question on the November ballot would lead to a massive property tax increase on farmers, business, and homeowners in southeast Nebraska.
September 28 - Nebraska
Ralston, Nebraskas general obligation arena bonds were dropped seven notches to junk by S&P Global Ratings after the project has struggled to produce the revenue needed to repay the debt.
September 21 - Missouri
The issuers of the Midwest sold $41 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2016, spurred by increased new money issuance, according to Thomson Reuters data.
August 23 -
Four port authorities and a wholesale electricity provider are warning that rules proposed by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service earlier this year could hurt their standing as political subdivisions and their ability to issue bonds as well as complicate their governing structures.
May 20 -
New transportation program dedicates portion of revenue from Nebraskas gasoline tax to state road infrastructure bank.
April 19 -
Nebraska lawmakers and governor agree on a proposed $450 million infrastructure bank financed with gas tax revenues.
March 8 -
Nebraska would accelerate work on an unfinished expressway with funding from a proposed transportation infrastructure bank.
January 8 -
Nebraska relies on Chapter 9 as a quick and easy way to restructure troubled special taxing district debt.
July 15 -
A Nebraska bill to give bondholders priority over other creditors in the event of a municipal bankruptcy is not likely to pass in the 2015 legislative session as different interest groups negotiate its language.
May 8 -
Members of a banking committee approved a Nebraska bill that would favor bondholders over pensioners in the event of a bankruptcy, sending the measure to the floor of the Legislature.
March 9