Ratings

A injunction blocked the service cuts that would have balanced SEPTA's budget. 

Legacy Health, an eight-hospital Portland, Ore.-based healthcare system, that abandoned merger plans in May received a downgrade and negative outlook from Moody's Ratings.

The world's biggest opera house has been downgraded for the second time this year.

While Trump's trade war has roiled markets, unnerved foreign governments and provoked criticism from leading economists, S&P affirmed its AA-plus rating for the U.S. — a score it's given since 2011, when it first downgraded the world's largest economy from AAA.

Hunt Memorial Hospital District's distressed finances led to downgrades to Ba3 by Moody's Ratings and B-plus by S&P Global Ratings, with both giving it a negative outlook.

The rating agency cited the MTA's congestion pricing program, ridership recovery, healthy liquidity levels, and continued state support for the higher rating.

Citing a "meaningful improvement in the state's balance sheet," S&P Global Ratings Monday upgraded New Jersey to A-plus from A.

School districts are facing many challenges, including less federal funding, increased competition, declining enrollment and inflating costs.

The port, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, received a Moody's Ratings upgrade ahead of a $761 million revenue bond deal slated for next week.

Columbia College Chicago was lowered one notch to BB-plus from BBB-minus by S&P Global Ratings, citing the school's falling headcount and diminished demand.