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The university heads into the market this week with a mix of tax-exempt, taxable, new money sustainability and refunding bonds

The proposed union that would give the two a healthy market position in Illinois comes as federal regulators are stepping up anti-competitive scrutiny of such transactions.

In her professional role, Lisa leads management of state bond issuance and repayment of an $11 billion debt portfolio under five unique credits.

Sam said he loves to talk public finance with his dad at family gatherings, but "the rest of the family finds the conversations very boring."

With her mother an employee of the county and state and a neighbor who became prominent in politics, Sarah Brown believes she was "predestined" to a career in the public sector.

The taxable deal from Georgia's largest not-for-profit health system offers investors three index-eligible bullet maturities in 10, 20 and 30 years.

Moody's moved its outlook to positive on Minnesota's Aa1 rating, and S&P went to stable from negative on its AAA rating ahead of the state's annual bond sale.

Ice Miller's new position is part of its growth strategy.

Some Chicago council members questioned Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plans to use federal funds to back off scoop-and-toss restructuring plans with the demand so high for more social and human services and anti-crime spending.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded St. Louis to A3 from Baa1 citing a "materially improved financial profile."

Illinois' tardy fiscal 2020 financial statements offer a view of COVID-19's early impact on the state's finances.

S&P has Muncie and Plainfield on its watch list with negative implications.

Sturdy contracts support repayment of AMP's Prairie State Energy Campus bonds but the coal-fired plant faces pressure from Illinois decarbonization legislation.

As hospitalizations surge because of the new coronavirus variant, Fitch Ratings and Kaufman Hall warn of threats to not-for-profit healthcare's fiscal recovery.

Rachael Eubanks, Suzanne Beitel, and Danielle Scott will receive Founders Awards at the Women in Public Finance conference set for Chicago next month.

An uptick in new money borrowing fell far short of making up for a decline in refundings.

Automatic deposits would flow to the near empty rainy day and pension stabilization funds if the state government's unpaid bill backlog stays under $3 billion.

Illinois hits the market over the next month with $500 million of new money and refunding bonds under its sales-tax backed Build Illinois bond program

Refinancing savings and federal relief will fill Chicago's $1 billion 2021 hole while the city ponders how to erase a $733 million gap next year as its budget takes shape.

A federal judge denied Nuveen's motion to dismiss Preston Hollow's antitrust lawsuit concluding a "plausible" claim exists to proceed. PHC faces a tougher legal road ahead in proving its rival orchestrated a damaging boycott.