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Natalie Brown replaces Dominick Mondi, who retired earlier this year.

The Wayne County Airport Authority is selling $163 million to finance projects.

Like the city's pension funding revisions, the park district's plan ramps up to actuarial payments but it's alone in aiming for a 100% funding target.

Backers of energy legislation are getting pushback from some lawmakers and municipalities seeking to exempt two coal plants from a 2035 deadline to close.

Charter revisions that Mayor Mike Duggan says could bankrupt the city will remain on the ballot at least for now as the state's high court considers the case.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority will draw from a state backup pledge and $30 million of state subsidies as it emerges from the pandemic.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she will keep fighting to reshape the legislation the state Senate approved this week to transition to a fully elected school board.

The authority will scoop-and-toss some near-term debt to avoid a shortfall that would force Chicago to dig into its own pockets to cover a hotel tax shortfall.

The budget pays off Municipal Liquidity Fund loans, goes easier on local governments, cuts some corporate incentives, and begins drawing down federal relief.

The agency is refunding $104.5 million of Federal Transit Administration section 5307 bonds and $23 million of FTA section 5337 bonds.

Illinois lawmakers head into the final stretch of spring session with negotiations underway on legislation that would alter Chicago Public Schools governance.

The Detroit Charter Review Commission will appeal the Circuit Court decision about proposed changes Mayor Mike Duggan warns threaten the city's fiscal health.

The Detroit Financial Review Commission votes in June on a fourth one-year waiver that allows the city to manage its finances independently.

Michigan officials raised revenue estimates by $2 billion this year and $1.5 billion in fiscal 2022 as the state economy beats early pandemic expectations.

Illinois public universities reap rewards of federal aid and state rating stabilization.

Illinois won't wait for the Treasury Department to consider its request to add COVID-19-related debt repayment as an eligible use of ARP funds.

The state Supreme Court upheld with the original circuit court ruling tossing out the lawsuit, which sought to invalidate more than $14 billion of GO bonds.

Daniel Isacksen Jr. replaces the retiring interim chief financial officer, Cynthia Clemence, for the Livonia, Michigan-based hospital system.

The two systems began negotiations in January to transfer 14 CommonSpirit hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota to Essentia.

The state's high court justices could resolve legal questions raised in a lawsuit that argues `$14 billion of outstanding GOs are invalid.