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Inflationary-driven challenges pose a drag on hospitals’ fiscal recovery from the pandemic with short-, mid-, and long-term action needed.

The West Lake Corridor and Double Track projects are billed as transformative projects to bolster local economic development by enhancing links to Chicago.

The hospital is banking on increased federal reimbursement funds next year when the new Rural Emergency Hospital designation for eligible Medicare providers takes effect.

While the number of deals slipped, the amount of revenues involved in announced transaction hit a peak.

The “social” part of ESG evaluations poses the most downside risk to governmental and not-for-profit issuers in the Midwest and Central regions, S&P said.

Illinois closed the books June 30 on a "record-breaking" year for general fund revenues.

The proposal offers no suggestions on financing the project, which, if completed, could allow the stadium to host a Super Bowl or NCAA tournament.

John Petr is now Kutak Rock chair and Hilary Jackler is vice chair

The county is working with PNC Bank to set up a line of credit that could provide up to $300 million of short-term loans to local suburban Chicago taxing bodies.

The investors conference allows city officials to pitch investors on its pandemic recovery and future fiscal prospects while investors get the chance to scrutinize those efforts and pose their own questions.

The budget package awaiting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature leaves billions on the table, for now, with contentious negotiations looming over the shape of tax relief.

Illinois headed into the new fiscal year with healthier metrics on multiple fronts but its last audit illustrates the long-term drag posed by the state's retirement burden.

Justices said criminal indictments against the former governor and other officials didn't pass legal muster. The attorney general's solicitor general says the case is not over.

Wisconsin Capital Finance Director David Erdman, who is leaving for the private sector, hands the reins of the office to his deputy on Friday.

A Delaware Superior Court judge found PHC failed to show it suffered reputational loss from Nuveen's alleged defamation to go to trial. PHC will appeal.

Detroit still may ask the federal bankruptcy court to intervene in a pension fund matter that could add to the city's financial stress.

From disclosure to issuance labels, the Chicago finance team is shaping ESG practices that are top of mind for municipal market.

Cook County projects a surplus this year and a $18.2 million gap for fiscal 2023 while it readies two bond sales.

Erdman closes the books on a three-decade career with Wisconsin next week and heads to municipal advisory firm Baker Tilly.

Moody's downgraded the university and its housing and parking borrowing arm ahead of a bond sale to support the school's goal of increasing on-campus housing.