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Minnesota must grant permits before work on the Red River project continues, the ruling says.

The offering follows the resolution of legal challenges to toll rate increases.

S&P Global Ratings cited improved employment and demographic indicators, and projected growth in reserve levels.

Opponents withdrew petitions for a threatened referendum that had stalled plans to issue bonds for the Quicken Loans Arena rehab.

The Chicago Teacher's Union threatened a lawsuit that could derail the funding package.

The state passed a law to strengthen its school credit enhancement program, bringing Moody's upgrades to 58 school districts.

The package delivers about $150 million more than district officials wrote into their spending plan for the year.

The legislative deal ends a stalemate that had blocked funding for K-12 schools statewide.

Chicago's board of education approved a budget before a state vote on aid and with city funding uncertain.

Fishers won't be on the hook to cover debt service payments on bonds.

The Indiana land-grant university is buying out Kaplan, a for-profit distance learning enterprise.

The bonds will take out $210.7 million of bond anticipation notes issued last week to redeem $246 million of private activity bonds.

Key's acquisition will expand investment banking services while focusing on the health care sector.

State-backed bonds will replace PABs that were headed for default as Indiana takes over a road project that's become a poster child for P3 woes.

State officials say they are prepared for increased pressure on its $10 billion general fund.

Tuesday's Detroit mayoral primary results mean incumbent Mike Duggan will face challenger Coleman Young II in November.

Steve Arwood will lead the firm's new effort.

S&P raised Cleveland Clinic's rating by one notch as it prepares to price a $1 billion bond refunding.

A federal judge appointed an attorney to facilitate an agreement between Flint and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Increased state aid can stabilize Indiana schools' credit for a couple of years, but benefits will ultimately be offset by higher costs, S&P says.