Muni Lowdown: Pulp fiction

Columbia Pulp LLC, a struggling Washington State-based straw recycling plant, needs at least USD 83m in fresh capital and two years before it can start to pay back bondholders, according to a consultant’s report for bondholders. Debtwire Municipals' Caitlin Devitt discusses the situation. See related video - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/debtwire_munis-municipalbonds-recycling-activity-6719721706954616833-JdJ6/ In an interview with Debtwire Municipals' Eva Llorens, Puerto Rico gubernatorial candidate Pedro Pierluisi of the New Progressive Party said he will personally deal with all matters related to Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy and did not dismiss the possibility of restarting from scratch the pending plans of adjustment for the commonwealth and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). Yong Lim, the Debtwire Municipals desk editor, is the moderator of the podcast. The Muni Lowdown is a weekly podcast recapping the previous week's significant news developments in the municipal bond market. For comments or questions contact [email protected]