- Indiana
Chicago-based David A. Noyes & Company is expanding into the primary underwriting market with the hire of Indiana muni veteran Tom Enright.
April 23 -
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation designed to ease Detroit's first post-bankruptcy appearance in the debt market.
April 23 -
A proposal to relieve Detroit Public Schools of a big chunk of its bond debt could increase education costs statewide, a public policy group warns.
April 22 - Illinois
Cook County, Ill. budget director Andrea Gibson is leaving the top county job after four years on the job, board President Toni Preckwinkle announced April 21.
April 22 -
Mercy Health, Ohios largest health care provider, prices $400 million of bonds this week, joining a handful of higher-rated hospitals that have started to return to the capital market after years of delaying deals.
April 21 - Michigan
Detroit Public Schools' CFO William Aldridge's departure comes at a critical time for the struggling district.
April 17 - Michigan
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed two successor emergency managers to a pair of suburban Detroit school districts under state control.
April 16 -
The Michigan Legislature has passed a bill giving Detroit bondholders a statutory lien and intercept on its income-tax bonds, a measure aimed at easing the city's first public market sale since the end of its high-profile bankruptcy.
April 16 - Ohio
In a proposed $72 billion budget, Ohio lawmakers dropped all of Gov. John Kasich's proposals to increase taxes to offset a large income-tax cut, while keeping the income tax cut.
April 15 - Indiana
Hoosier lawmakers are revamping the state's school funding formula to boost money for growing suburban districts in a move that critics say will challenge already struggling urban districts like Indianapolis and Gary.
April 14 - Ohio
A struggling Cleveland suburb that is in a state of fiscal emergency wants the state to restore the $6.7 million in local government aid cuts.
April 13 - Michigan
Two years after defaulting on a bond payment, the school district of Pontiac, Mich. has stabilized under state oversight but could go broke by July without additional aid, according to Moody's Investors Service.
April 13 -
As cash-strapped governments like Illinois and Chicago eye non-traditional revenues like gambling and marijuana, economists and government officials warned that so-called sin taxes are no panacea for budget shortfalls.
April 7 - Ohio
Fitch Ratings boosted its outlook to positive from stable on Cleveland, Ohio, saying the outlook reflects improved financial operations and an increase in reserves.
April 7 -
Despite the bankruptcy of its current operator, the Indiana Toll Road continues to show the benefits of privatization, as does the new $5.7 billion bid for the road, Wells Fargo says in a new report.
April 6 - Michigan
The head of Wayne County, Mich., which is on track to run out of cash by next year, announced a series of cuts that mark the first phase of a larger restructuring aimed at staving off a state takeover.
April 1 - Illinois
Moodys Investors Service downgraded the Chicago-area Forest Park Park District two notches to Baa1, assigning a negative outlook.
March 31 - Michigan
A coalition of reformers charged with making recommendations to Gov. Rick Snyder to overhaul the troubled Detroit school district wants the state to take over the district's general fund debt payments, which total $53 million a year.
March 31 - Indiana
Indiana lawmakers scrambled Monday to stop financial fallout from a controversial bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence last week.
March 30 - Michigan
A Detroit-based coalition is set to release Monday afternoon a series of recommendations that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will use to help guide a high-profile reform of the troubled Detroit school system.
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