JULY2023 FISCAL SESSION
MONDAY JULY 10
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions
10 a.m. – 3:15: Budgets A to Z with Greg David (includes lunch break).
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Fiscal Red Flags with Bill Glasgall, Volcker Alliance
5:30: p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Dinner with Dick Ravitch
TUESDAY JULY 11
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Bonds 101 Greg
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: How States and Cities Raise Money: All You Need to Know About the Bond Market with Matt Fabian
12:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: How to apply this on your beat Genna Contino, Charlotte Observer
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Get to Know EMMA
For reporters covering state or local government, the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website provides free access to detailed information about the financial health of states, cities and counties, as well as many hospitals, universities, stadiums and other ventures financed by public debt. Staff from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will demonstrate how to find data and information on EMMA, from public finance credit ratings to comprehensive annual financial reports. This interactive session will also highlight several EMMA tools and resources that can assist reporters with monitoring state and local finances and identifying potential stories.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 Work session
WEDNESDAY JULY 12
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: The Pension Crisis with Don Boyd
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: How to cover key pension issues. Greg and Lilah Burke, New York Focus
1:00 p.m. – 2:0 p.m.: Lunch break
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Covering the infrastructure bill, Inflation Reduction Act
THURSDAY JULY 13
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.: Tax incentives and TIFS with with Arlene Martinez, Good jobs First and
A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune
12:30 to 1:30 Lunch
1:30 to 4:30 Covering Housing
FRIDAY July 14
9:30 a.m. – to 11:30 Wrap up with Greg David
SCHEDULE FOR JULY LOCAL ECONOMY SESSION
WEDNESDAY JULY 19
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions
10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: How to cover a local economy with an emphasis on jobs, unemployment as well as all the other indicators one can use with an emphasis on the pandemic recession and recovery. And, of course, a special look at inflation.
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. to 3:15 More on covering the economy
3:30 to 4:30 Data workshop and day wrapup with Elena Volveskyva, New York State Department of Labor
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Dinner with Dick Ravitch
TUESDAY JULY 20
9 a.m. – 12:30 Tax incentives and TIFS with Arlene Martinez, Good Jobs First, and A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Covering Housing
WEDNESDAY JULY 21
9 a.m. – 10:00 pm
Covering Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Act Law
10:15 a.m. – 12:15pm
Story workshop
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – Wrapup
