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For the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 , the general fund is projected to have $235 million more than estimates made last May, bringing the total to $11.2 billion.

Fargo finance director Kent Costin said the downgrade was expected given the decline in construction activity in 2019.

If regulatory agencies approve the transaction, the acquisition will expand Beaumont's hospital count to 12 and increase total revenue to $6.1 billion.

The better than expected forecast has added fuel to the debate between Republicans and Democrats over how to use the extra money.

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson says the city will have the cash to repay short-term borrowing at the end of 2020.

Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on its AA-minus rating to negative from stable.

CFO Dave Massaron said the city is mindful of a potential downturn as it navigates its fiscal recovery from bankruptcy.

Ann Arbor Public Schools, which recently won $1 billion of new money authorization, will price $55 million of taxable bonds.

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer will sign a supplemental bill restoring more than half of the funding she vetoed in a policy dispute with the GOP-led legislature.

The Lansing Board of Water and Light will sell $252 million to refund bonds it issued in 2011.

The new online security force follows ransomware attacks on at least four local governments and agencies in Ohio during 2019.

Gov. Tim Walz wants to use some of the extra funds for a bonding bill to fund infrastructure investments in the state.

Michigan lawmakers are weighing bonds as an option for regional transit in the Detroit area.

The county's recovery plan improved its structural balance and long-term liability profile, Fitch Ratings said in support of its two-notch rating boost.

A successful closing on the unrated deal was needed to make payments on short-term notes due on Dec. 31.

The university now has a stable Moody's outlook as the financial impact of the Larry Nasser sex abuse scandal becomes clearer.

The City Council rejected Mayor Mike Duggan's request for $250 million of bond authority to accelerate the demolition of vacant houses.

Indianapolis airport is back with a refunding of notes but it is holding plans to refund variable rate debt because it no longer makes economic sense.

After management and physicians from both health systems worked to provide a merger recommendation, the UnityPoint Health board “failed to embrace the vision."

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, schools persuaded voters that waiting would be more expensive, while pitching greener buildings in an education-driven community.