- Ohio
Ohio will sell $400 million of new-money general obligation bonds in a competitive sale set for Tuesday morning.
September 13 - Michigan
Battle Creek, Mich., sold the first sizable deal featuring local Michigan general obligation bonds since Detroit's historic bankruptcy.
September 12 -
Flint, Mich. will get its third emergency manager within one year after current EM Michael Brown announced Wednesday he is stepping down.
September 11 -
Bond insurer Syncora Guarantee, Inc. will appeal a recent decision by federal Judge Steven Rhodes in Detroits bankruptcy, marking the first appeal in the case.
September 11 -
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday dropped his fight against the city's unions and agreed to be deposed in Detroits historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy case.
September 10 -
Detroit defended its right to enter into bankruptcy in a 135-page court paper that tackles creditors' objections and offers a few glimpses into arguments it may use in its Chapter 9 case.
September 9 - North Dakota
The school board in Minot, N.D., grappling with a spike in enrollment from the states historic oil boom, will ask voters in a special election this year to approve a $125 million borrowing.
September 6 - Michigan
Wayne County has abandoned work on a $300 million bond-funded new jail in downtown Detroit and formed a task force to study alternatives for the site and the projects cost overruns.
September 6 -
The emergency manager of Hamtramck, a small town surrounded entirely by Detroit, began implementing her financial plan to revive the city by firing a trio of top city employees and cutting the City Councils pay.
September 5 -
Oakland Countys delay on its $350 million bond deal originally set for next week has nothing to do with Detroit, a top executive said Wednesday.
September 5 -
Michigan Wednesday launched a financial investigation into two more local governments in the metro Detroit region.
September 4 -
Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr and the bankrupt city's investment banker said in depositions that the need to access casino revenue drove tense negotiations with interest-rate swap counterparties.
September 4 - Michigan
Oakland County, Mich., may delay a $350 million bond sale set for next week.
September 3 -
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes granted Michigan's request for an expedited hearing on a motion to quash a request to depose Gov. Rick Snyder.
September 3 - Nebraska
Moody's Investors Service last week downgraded nearly $1.9 billion of debt issued by Omaha Public Power District amid the district's ongoing problems with its nuclear plant.
September 3 -
The airport in Gary, Ind. received 10 responses from firms interested in privatizing the facility and surrounding land that stretches to Lake Michigan.
September 3 - Illinois
Moody's Investors Service downgraded its rating on Cook County Forest Preserve to A1 from Aa2, driven by the district's mounting pension debt.
September 3 -
Judge Steven Rhodes, the federal judge overseeing Detroits bankruptcy case, ruled this morning that Detroit can continue to access crucial casino revenues while a dispute over a settlement on the citys interest rate swaps is settled.
August 28 -
The Michigan Senate late Tuesday narrowly approved an expansion of the Medicaid program under the new federal health care law, which could bolster Detroit's bankruptcy reorganization plan.
August 28 - Michigan
Progress on a controversial bond-financed new hockey arena in downtown Detroit hit an obstacle this week when a state development board delayed a vote on the deal.
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