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An improved Philadelphia economy drove the city’s long-struggling school district to an investment grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service.
December 19 -
Chicago came to market Thursday with its two-week delayed sales tax securitization bonds.
November 15 -
The city is looking to tackle infrastructure investments through a $181 million Election Day bond referendum.
October 31 -
With Philadelphia’s general fund surplus returned to near pre-recession levels, the city’s fiscal watchdog says now is the time to prepare for the next economic downturn.
October 26 -
Economic growth and increased local taxes drove Philadelphia to its highest surplus since the Great Recession in the last fiscal year, according to the city’s fiscal watchdog.
October 12 -
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling allows the city to move ahead with borrowing plans that were placed on hold during its legal fight.
July 24 -
The Philadelphia Parking Authority, already under state scrutiny for costing public schools nearly $78 million of revenues because of mismanagement, is now a focus of the city’s new fiscal watchdog.
July 12 -
The school district established a leadership team as it exercizes local control for the first time in more than 16 years.
July 10 -
Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart discusses her election victory last year knocking off a longtime incumbent along with some of the city’s most pressing fiscal issues including a controversial soda tax and whether to continue providing abatements on new construction. Andrew Coen hosts.
June 14 -
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will determine the future of the city's beverage tax policy.
May 18