Caitlin Devitt

CHICAGO — Evansville, Ind., will enter the market today with $115 million of taxable Build America Bonds to finance construction of a downtown arena meant to revitalize the city, a hub of southwest Indiana and northern Kentucky.

A deal that would give Detroit an $800 million boost advanced last week when the City Council approved a measure to create a tax-free zone at the Detroit Medical Center to pave the way for a for-profit health care group to take over the hospital.

For the first time since 2002, almost all of Indiana’s 92 counties will send out their property tax bills on time, the state’s Department of Local Government Finance said last week.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels last week ordered state agencies to craft a fiscal 2011 budget that spends 15% less than originally planned following a report that revenues are still short of projections.

CHICAGO — Nebraska voters on May 11 will decide whether to expand state law to allow cities, counties, and villages to issue tax-exempt debt on behalf of nonprofit organizations for capital projects.

Pittsburgh-based PNC Capital Markets Inc. has opened a new public finance office in Cincinnati as part of the firm’s strategic expansion.

Summa Health System, one of the largest health care providers in Ohio, is set to enter the market Tuesday with $175 million of new-money bonds.

Michigan would see a relatively minor impact on its fiscal position as a result of the new federal health care law, according to an analysis by the Legislature’s Senate Fiscal Agency.

A little more than a year after Michigan declared Pontiac to be in a state of fiscal emergency the city has won a series of rating upgrades from Fitch Ratings.

Clarian Health Partners Inc. could spend up to $500 million to build a new patient tower at its Methodist Hospital site in downtown Indianapolis. Financing would include a mix of donations, cash, and tax-exempt bonds.

CHICAGO — Michigan State University on Thursday will price $205 million of 40-year taxable Build America Bonds for capital projects. The school in May expects to offer a pair of refunding transactions that will restructure some of its variable-rate demand bonds and refund outstanding commercial paper.

Indianapolis is likely to take over operations at the arenawhere the National Basketball Association’s Indiana Pacers play after the team said it can’t continue to cover annual operating costs.

The new federal health care law will likely mean less revenue for nonprofit hospitals in the long run, Moody’s Investors Service warned in a report out this week.

CHICAGO — Cook County, Ill., has announced the finance teams tapped to bring to market $412 million of new money as well as a chunk of refunding bonds that likely will mark the last issue under Board President Todd Stroger’s watch.

CHICAGO — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing yesterday unveiled a much-anticipated 2011 budget proposal that relies on a series of relatively modest spending cuts to whittle down the deficit while putting on hold bold initiatives to securitize assets to raise new money.

Michigan today will competitively sell $60 million of taxable general obligation school loan bonds to finance a deposit in the state’s school loan revolving fund.

University of Michigan economists said last week the state will finally begin to see some job growth next year after 10 years of losses.

A circuit court judge in northwest Indiana ruled this week that Porter County could not withdraw from a local regional development authority.

Catholic Healthcare Partners of Ohio, one of the country's largest nonprofit health-care systems, on Wednesday will begin selling $450 million of fixed-rate debt, followed by $230 million of variable-rate debt early next month.

Ohio next week will price $170 million of taxable Build America Bonds that feature the state's highest credit rating to finance improvement projects.