The Chronicles of Public Finance

Created in 1891, The Bond Buyer labels itself as the "only daily newspaper committed to serving the municipal bond industry." This newspaper reaches the finance community both through print five days a week and online publication. The purpose of this newspaper is to keep the financial community members such as municipal finance professionals, bond issuers, government officials, and financial investors.
According to its Web site, this news service has played a pivotal role in the economic development in America by providing the necessary information to individuals who fund "new schools, pave roads, build bridges and tunnels, deliver portable water, move cargo and people, generate and transmit electric power, help to clean the environment, create manufacturing jobs, build courthouses, hospitals, nursing homes, and housing."
Essentially the purpose of this paper is to keep the local governments informed in an attempt to keep the state and federal governments in check and operating as efficiently as possible.