Ratings

The downgrade affects $114 million of debt issued for Good Samaritan Hospital, owned by Knox County, Indiana.

A Fitch Ratings looks at the credit implications of ideas pitched by Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker.

Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.

Both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings dropped the New York suburban county to AA-plus from AAA.

The county, through a conduit issuer, will price $198.2 million in lease revenue bonds for its new civic center.

Tom Wolf's full plate includes a projected $1.7 billion deficit, with the state having already used one-time revenue measures such as tobacco and gambling.

Moody's Investors Service now assigns a positive outlook to its A1 rating for the private Pennsylvania university.

A planned elimination of variable-rate debt exposure and termination of outstanding swaps lifted the bi-state transportation agency's rating outlook.

S&P Global Ratings now rates New York personal income tax and sales tax bonds AA-plus.

Platte County's lawsuit is the latest turn in its efforts to shed its obligation to repay bonds for a struggling shopping center.