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The Illinois Finance Authority is readying an up to $175 million issue that will mark the first borrowing under an expanded $1 billion state revolving fund loan program.

Wisconsin got a rating from Kroll as it prepares a roughly $560 million general obligation refunding.

St. Louis-based broker-dealer L.J. Hart & Co. was censured and paid a $200,000 fine to settle FINRA charges that it improperly gave more than $183,000 in sports tickets to issuer clients

Moody's Investors Service knocked Kankakee County, Ill. and the city's public building commission's general obligation rating down three notches due to its ongoing struggle with operating shortfalls.

Minnesota closed fiscal out 2013 with a $636 million surplus that will go to help repay school district aid withheld to deal with a prior budget deficit.

Moody's Investors Service hit $2.6 billion of Indianapolis Citizens Energy Group Water, Gas and Thermal and CWA Wastewater Revenue Bonds with downgrades.

The resolution of Detroit's obligations in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy stands to shape the municipal bond market for years, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago concludes in a new report.

City Colleges of Chicago hit the road Thursday to promote a $250 million general obligation sale that garnered double-A level level ratings but carries the blemish of the city’s name.

Illinois may make some progress in paying down its massive bill backlog in the fiscal 2014 budget, but it missed an opportunity to ease the growing strains on the state's fiscal foundation, a new report warns.

The trustee for $27 million of defaulted lease revenue bonds backed by Vadnais Heights, Minn. for a sports complex received is mulling final offers from potential buyers that range from $10.5 million to $13 million.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to privatize the Illinois International Port District in a deal aimed at revitalizing the long-troubled agency suffered a setback this week after the city and its lead bidder halted talks on a final lease deal.

Illinois' and Indiana's plan for a proposed $1.25 billion Illiana Expressway faces a new obstacle in a stinging report that warns of the greenfield P3 toll project's financial risk to Illinois.

Dixon, Ill. will collect $40 million under a settlement that ends a lawsuit against the town’s auditors and bank who were accused of failing to uncover the theft of $53 million by the city former comptroller.

Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook on Illinois-based Presence Health’s issuer credit rating of Baa1 to negative from stable.

All three rating agencies affirmed Chicago O’Hare International Airport's general revenue credit ahead of a new-money and refunding sale for up to $900 million slated for Wednesday.

Chicago officially withdrew its application to privatize Midway International Airport in a letter to Federal Aviation Administration Friday.

A Cook County, Ill. Circuit Court judge sided with lawmakers Thursday in ruling that Gov. Pat Quinn violated the state constitution when he stripped legislative pay from the fiscal 2014 budget in an attempt to pressure them to act on pension reforms.

Chicago is ratcheting up pressure on Illinois lawmakers to tackle both its long- and short-term pension woes to avoid both insolvency and a $600 million spike in contributions looming in the coming years.

Chicago paid $3.5 million in fees and expenses to lawyers and other advisors on its aborted plan to privatize Midway International Airport, according to the city's Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott. She called the spending well worth it.

The recent arbitration rulings over disputed tobacco industry settlement payments to the states offer good news for tobacco securitization ratings, but future arbitration proceedings still pose a risk, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.