Odds and ends, 6/4/07 (revised)

Regarding the recent thread on education spending, you can try the federal NAEP site with the Nation's Report Card.

I've been here before, and as I look at some numbers, it seems our education progress parallels our economic progress. We're getting better, but other states are getting better faster.

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A few days ago, blog fan Michelle left this note about the legislators' junket to Puerto Rico. She found this report that lists a lot of West Virginia municipal bonds, along with some from Puerto Rico and thought, what's going on here?

So I called around Charleston, and his is what someone in the state treasurer's office told me:

West Virginia doesn't have enough bond sales to stand alone, so some from Puerto Rico were added to the mix to make a full portfolio. That is the only connection.

Someone who knows more about municipal bonds might want to comment, but that is all I have right now.

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