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The firm is expected to announce the new muni leadership team next week.

Jim Stricklin has joined the team of advisors at Columbia Capital Management.

The CTA and its fiscal parent, the Illinois RTA, will try to build a coalition for future funding to face the fiscal reckoning after federal COVID-19 aid ends.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation sending a portion of the state's surplus to the budget stabilization fund and raising the target balance.

The $242 million payment that's being made in addition to regularly scheduled contributions launches the city's policy aimed at staving off growth in its unfunded liabilities, a goal made all the more urgent by the beating pension funds are taking on their investments.

Chicago returns to the market later this month with a deal under its Sales Tax Securitization Corp. credit that will offer the city's first social-designated bonds along with a refunding piece that includes the paydown of GO bonds through a tender.

The Greater Chicagoland Economic Partnership said it will leverage the region's first-rate freight infrastructure, talent, industries and institutions.

The county close a private partner as it seeks to establish microgrid districts with the goal of promoting economic development and achieving climate change goals.

The double-A rated toll agency has two new money toll revenue bond deals on tap for 2023, totaling $900 million.

The state Department of Transportation said it is temporarily delaying its latest issuance of trunk line road bonds.

Attacks pose acute financial threats and longer term reputational and legal risks, analysts said.

Nebraska's largest city plans to finance the downtown streetcar project with a mix of tax increment financing and lease purchase revenue bonds.

S&P Global Ratings raised the state flagship university's rating to AA-minus from A-plus.

Moody's dropped Sparrow Health's rating a notch as it's not yet factoring in the financial and operational benefits of its acquisition by UM Health, which won't extent to a debt guarantee.

Balance sheet damage from labor costs, the pandemic and a cybersecurity breach triggered covenant violations for Capital Region Medical Center.

A final state regulatory hurdle remains for the casino proposal and the rail transit extension relies on federal funds not yet in hand.

The county that incorporates Chicago chose its chief administrative officer, Tanya Anthony, to take over the top fiscal post after a national search.

Last week's deal, upsized to $533 million, attracted $4.5 billion of orders after positive rating news including the end of Moody's speculative grade status.

Chicago's second tax-increment financing district for transit would provide up to $959 million of funding to leverage federal infrastructure grants.

University of Michigan Health will acquire Sparrow Health System in a move that provides a fiscal infusion for Sparrow's operational and capital ailments.