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		<title>Virginia eliminates duplicative truck safety inspections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell recently authorized the elimination of state-level safety inspection requirements for interstate trucks.  Interstate trucks will still be required to comply with Federal-level safety inspections, assuring that Virginia drivers are just as safe as they were before the proclamation.
While this may seem like a seemingly insignificant item, it is actually a big help to Virginia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/07/virginia-eliminates-duplicative-truck-safety-inspections/</link>
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		<title>Greece, Portugal, Spain and&#8230;  Connecticut?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citing an excessive amount of existing debt, Fitch Ratings cut the rating for the State of Connecticut&#8217;s $956 million bond issuance.  Already the state with the highest level of tax supported debt, Connecticut is issuing these bonds to close a nearly billion dollar budget gap.  Last year the state borrowed over $947 million to cover a  similar budget gap [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/06/greece-portugal-spain-and-connecticut/</link>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s: Build America Bonds (BABs) are potential credit negatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve been talking about this for a while and now Moody&#8217;s has weighed in on the subject &#8211; Build America Bonds are fraught with peril.  In their most recent Credit Outlook newsletter, Moody&#8217;s has an article about how the IRS&#8217; meddling into Build America Bonds may cause them to be seen as a &#8220;negative&#8221; on the credit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/06/moodys-build-america-bonds-babs-are-potential-credit-negatives/</link>
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		<title>IRS Withholds Build America Bond subsidy from Austin, TX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In March I wrote about how Florida had suspended its issuance of Build America Bonds because of concerns that the IRS could, and would, reduce the BAB subsidy if the municipality owed the IRS for separate, unrelated, issues (See Link).
Well, as reported yesterday by Bloomberg (See Link), the City of Austin is finding out the hard way that the IRS fully intends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/05/irs-withholds-build-america-bond-subsidy-from-austin-tx/</link>
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		<title>McDonnell to announce deal for state lease of Portsmouth port</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, here&#8217;s the official announcement: LINK
Just remember that you heard it here first&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/05/mcdonnell-to-announce-deal-for-state-lease-of-portsmouth-port/</link>
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		<title>VPA and APM deal done?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a sneaking suspicion that Governor McDonnell will announce tonight the completion of the VPA lease of the Norfolk APM terminal. This is a great deal for both APM and the Port of Virginia. You heard it here first&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/05/vpa-and-apm-deal-done/</link>
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		<title>What value do the ratings agencies still bring to the table?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Motley Fool website ran an interesting article by Nick Kapur titled &#8220;Why do we still listen to the ratings agencies&#8220;.  The general premise of the article is that the ratings agencies are either unable or unwilling to provide an accurate assessment of a company&#8217;s financial strength.  The author goes on to contemplate what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/05/what-value-do-the-ratings-agencies-still-bring-to-the-table/</link>
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		<title>Virginia wins the Site Selection 2010 Competitiveness Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Governor Bob McDonnell had the pleasure of being able to announce that the Commonwealth of Virginia had been awarded Site Selection magazine&#8217;s 2010 Competitiveness Award.  Since its inception in 2003, the award is given annually to a state that excels in 10 criteria related to its ability to attract new companies, facilities and jobs.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/04/virginia-wins-the-site-selction-2010-competitiveness-award/</link>
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		<title>Some states sue over new Healthcare Reform legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after President Obama signed the healthcare reform legislation into law, several states have filed lawsuits because the new Medicaid requirements will potentially bust their budgets.  So, what does this have to do with Infrastructure?
To begin with, anything that strains the state or municipal budget will limit their ability to fund new projects.  That&#8217;s not good news. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/03/some-states-sue-over-new-healthcare-reform-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Florida suspends Build America Bond (BAB) issuance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg ran an article (see link here) this week about how the state of Florida has temporarily suspended the issuance of Build America Bonds due to a potential glitch in the refunding mechanism.  For those that aren&#8217;t as fmailiar with the Build America Bonds, or BABs as they are known, they are a product of the ARRA Stimulus legislation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.morelandpropertygroup.com/blog/2010/03/florida-suspends-build-america-bond-bab-issuance/</link>
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