I've been at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Baltimore since Thursday with coworker Melissa Nann Burke. It has been awesome. We have loads of information to share here with readers.
I am in a time crunch, so I am just going to talk about one here, but there will be more to come.
There is a new site where you can research municipal bonds, which are what agencies use to fund public projects. OK, I am sure some of you might be thinking municipal bonds are a real yawner. Wrong. The filings that go along with these bonds are loaded with great info about the municipalities these projects are in.
And -- the best part -- there's a band-new free Web site where you can access these filings. It's hosted by the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. It has filings dating back to the 1990s.
I did a quick search there as I am writing this post, and found a couple local bond filings on there. I don't have time to read them, but leave a comment here if you find something interesting in York County.
We planned to blog more this week, but Internet access has been tricky -- mostly because they have very small breaks between sessions and no wireless we can use in the conference center. Anyway, the point is that we have so much information that we can't wait to share here. Stay tuned.
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