Caitlin Devitt

Cincinnati is nearing a historic agreement to remedy its long-standing pension shortfall that sparked downgrades and years of court battles with retirees and unions.

Chicago-based investment firm David A. Noyes & Company has hired former Indiana public finance director Mark Moore as part of an expansion of the firm’s Indiana investment banking team.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said this week the state plans to offer assistance to the city of Flint, which has faced serious drinking water pollution problems since breaking off from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department last year.

At a state Senate hearing, Michigan treasury officials pushed back hard against a bill that would give local unlimited-tax general obligation bondholders a statutory lien.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled a new pilot program that will have state officials mentoring local officials of 10 struggling communities across the state.

Gov. Rick Snyder wants lawmakers to tackle his controversial restructuring of Detroit Public Schools, but his office has yet to release the legislation outlining the proposal.

A Michigan Senate committee will take up a statutory lien bill that is part of a national debate sparked in part by Detroit’s 2013 bankruptcy.

Standard & Poor’s has downgraded DuPage County, Ill.’s water and sewer bonds due to what the ratings agency says are volatile debt-service coverage levels.

Ohio's Promedica Health is bringing $320 million of low double-A rated hospital bonds to market Thursday, a day after publishing a supplement to bond documents informing investors of a potential merger in the works.

The Federal Highway Administration filed a motion Tuesday dropping its appeal of an adverse lower court ruling that the government illegally approved the controversial $1.5 billion Illiana toll road project.

Mayer Brown attorney Tyrone Fahner, head of an influential Chicago business group's civic arm, had strong words for the state's three most powerful politicians this week at a high-profile annual luncheon.

Columbus-based Umbaugh has acquired Prism Municipal Advisors, a well-known Ohio financial advisory firm.

After getting hit with multi-notch downgrades on its water and sewer bonds, the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel is considering raising its utility rates.

Wayne County, Mich.’s disclosure that the IRS is auditing $200 million of bonds is a credit negative, because the cash-strapped county could have a hard time covering the costs of the federal interest subsidy if is lost, Moody’s Investors Service said Friday.

The Michigan Treasurer will take over 16 financially distressed school districts under a new early-warning system passed by lawmakers in June.

The Wayne County Commission Thursday approved a 2016 budget that the Michigan county’s top executive called crucial to its recovery from its financial emergency.

The city of Flint, Mich. has asked Gov. Rick Snyder for $30 million to tackle contamination in its water supply, which has been a problem since the city broke off from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

As it prepares to sell bonds, the Wayne County Airport Authority, which runs Detroit’s airport, is highlighting its legal and political separations from its struggling home county, which is in the midst of a financial emergency.

Wayne County, Mich. Executive Warren Evans on Sept. 10 issued his first order under the county’s newly inked consent agreement with the state.

The Affordable Care Act is helping lift the non-profit health care sector out of its years-long torpor, according to Standard & Poor’s, which revised its outlook on the sector to stable from negative.