MuniLand

Michelle Obama appeared on ABC’s The View Tuesday morning to promote her new gardening book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America. The Christian Science Monitor had a nice write-up.

Good Links

FT: Some investors back spending on growth

Reuters: U.S. municipal regulators propose underwriter disclosures

Fidelity.com: Five things muniland investors need to know now

Traders Magazine: Instinet adds Meredith Whitney Advisory Group as research provider

Reuters: Fitch cuts ratings on Detroit sewer bonds

WSJ: Judge leans against Chapter 11 for Northern Mariana pension

Saipan Tribune: Focus now on prolonging Northern Mariana pension fund’s lifespan

AP: Oregon county releases inmates amid budget cuts

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio prison population dropping

@Twitter Talk

Big boom in negotiated deals send’s muni #’s soaring this week. Here is next week’s muni calendar: bit.ly/NldTBA #muniland #munis — IpreoMuni (@IpreoMuni) May 31, 2012

Realignment plan for California prisons causing new friction latimes.com/news/local/la-…

— Keeley Webster (@keeley_webster) May 30, 2012

Media Alert: Webinar on the #Pension Reform Landscape, June 21, 2-3 pm EST bit.ly/LgnoQr — Pension Dialog (@PensionDialog) May 30, 2012

Children covered by Medicaid are nearly 6x as likely to be treated for obesity-related problems than those on private insurance (Bloomb)

— Roben Farzad (@robenfarzad) June 1, 2012