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Illinois-based Advocate Health Care Network is planning a refunding in the coming weeks of up to $365 million.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority returns to the market Tuesday with a $270 million senior lien revenue bond sale for savings.

A lower court ruling throwing out Illinois' pension reforms isn't expected to trigger any immediate negative credit action or legislative moves, as all eyes turn to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Wisconsin faces a $2.2 billion gap headed into the next two-year budget cycle, up $400 million from previous estimates.

Illinois' landmark pension reform law is headed to the Illinois Supreme Court following a lower court decision Friday that the benefit cuts violate the state constitution.

Calling the state's fiscal condition "stunningly bad," Illinois Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner called on Gov. Pat Quinn to freeze hiring and not move political appointees into union protected jobs.

Local county officials in Illinois will be offered special financial training on how to protect their coffers from corrupt fiscal practices similar to what happened in Dixon, Ill. where the comptroller stole more than $50 million in public money.

Wisconsin could win an upgrade if recent budgetary and liquidity strides remain on course and result in a stronger balance sheet and reserves, Moody's Investors Service said in shifting the state's general obligation outlook to positive.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon tasked a newly formed commission with advising him on social and economic policy changes in the aftermath of violent protests in Ferguson Missouri sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed civilian.

The Chicago Transit Authority's $1.4 billion 2015 budget won the endorsement of the Civic Federation of Chicago in recognition of the agency's fiscal strides.

Annual income taxes Wisconsin receives from Milwaukee Bucks basketball players and team employees would cover repayment of $150 million of 20-year state general obligation backed bonds for a new stadium, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

The Chicago City Council approved new rules that require underwriting, advisory, and legal firms that work on Chicago bond deals to report the racial, ethnic and gender makeup of the teams on their transactions.

The Chicago City Council adopted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $7.3 billion 2015 budget that pushes off a fix for a pension-related fiscal cliff until after next year's municipal elections.

Some Chicago aldermen want the SEC and city inspector general to investigate campaign contributions to Mayor Rahm Emanuel from executives at firms with city pension business.

Underwriting, advisory, and legal firms that work on Chicago bond deals would face heightened disclosure rules about the diversity of their teams working on a transaction under a proposed ordinance.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation proposed a series of tax and fee hikes to raise $750 million over the next two years to address a funding gap.

Cincinnati-based Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has hired public finance attorney Matthew Miller to bolster its Chicago office.

Metra, the transit agency that provides commuter rail linking Chicago suburbs to Chicago, approved a 2015 budget that sets the stage for the agency's debut as a tax-exempt borrower with an inaugural $100 million issue.

A Chicago parks advocacy group has launched a legal challenge to block Star Wars' creator George Lucas' plans to use a site along with Lake Michigan shoreline for his proposed museum.

Missouri will offer its first new-money sale in seven years with its top ratings intact as analysts say it's too early to tell whether a newly approved constitutional amendment or tax cut package will undercut state finances.