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Indiana last week announced a shortlist of four firms that will compete for a chance to partner with the state on a $400 million interstate highway project.
August 5 -
Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has hired Christie's Appraisals to appraise the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
August 5 - Michigan
The Pontiac City School District located outside Detroit stepped closer to a state takeover Friday when a state review team declared it to be in a state of financial emergency.
August 5 -
Detroit expects to file a final plan of adjustment by the end of the year, months ahead of a proposed March deadline, attorneys for the city told the federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy case.
August 2 -
The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy case may weigh in this morning on the city's one and only creditor settlement, which terminates a series of interest-rate swaps hedging its pension certificates.
August 2 -
Moody's Investors Service Thursday downgraded Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit, to Baa3, the lowest investment-grade rating.
August 2 -
A new analysis from Morningstar weighs in on the debate over the size of Detroit's pension liability, suggesting that current pension fund assumptions fall mostly within accepted industry standards.
August 2 - Michigan
Genesee County, Mich. reportedly pulled a $54 million water and sewer bond deal Thursday due to lack of investor interest in the bonds.
August 1 -
Any credit with Detroit in its name can expect to take a hit in the market, but for the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the so-called Michigan penalty is nothing new, says CFO Terry Teifer.
July 31 -
The federal bankruptcy judge overseeing Detroit filed Tuesday an eight-month schedule of key hearings ahead of a March deadline for the city to file its final plan of adjustment.
July 30 -
The Indiana Attorney General last week said he would not investigate the controversial $4.5 billion bond-financed Prairie State Energy Campus located in southern Illinois.
July 30 - Ohio
For the first time in more than 40 years, Ohio will stop subsidizing property taxes for new levies, a move that could make voters more reluctant to approve borrowing requests.
July 29 -
A judge last week ordered Cook County, Ill. to stop collecting a new tax that the county began to levy last year to help offset a 2013 budget deficit.
July 29 -
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said he will join Detroit's bankruptcy in his role as "the people's attorney" to defend retirees' pensions.
July 29 -
Ohio is offering $1.1 billion of bonds backed by a new junior-lien credit pledge from the Ohio Turnpike Tuesday in a transaction key to the state's plan to shore up its long-term infrastructure spending.
July 26 -
Detroit's bankruptcy may be "profoundly meaningful" for distressed local governments, answering key questions about pension versus bond debt, and clarifying the strength of various bond securities, Moody's said.
July 26 -
Michigan advanced a plan to issue $450 million of private activity bonds for a hockey arena and entertainment district in downtown Detroit, not long after asking many Detroit bondholders to take stiff haircuts as the city seeks bankruptcy protection.
July 25 -
The bankruptcy judge overseeing Detroit Wednesday halted all lawsuits related to the city's historic bankruptcy filing, handing Detroit a key early victory and clearing the way for it to proceed with what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in the U.S.
July 24 -
The Michigan Court of Appeals Tuesday granted state Attorney General Bill Schuette's request to halt an Ingham County circuit court judge's ruling that Detroit withdraw its bankruptcy petition.
July 23 - Michigan
Taking advantage of a new state law, Michigan said Monday it will dissolve a pair of cash-strapped school districts after the districts failed to secure adequate private financing to allow them to remain open for another year.
July 23