Ratings

The system's turnaround efforts include using proceeds of a proposed $710 million deal to sell hospice and home health assets to pay off direct placement debt.

A change by the IRS increases the Permanent School Fund's capacity by nearly 86%, allowing its triple-A school bond guarantee to be widely available again.

Continued commitments to meeting long-term liabilities under Gov. Phil Murphy were cited as key in a slew of recent bond rating upgrades for the Garden State.

Las Vegas sees March visitor totals similar to pre-pandemic March 2019, putting in on solid fiscal footing.

S&P signaled the next lift needed for Detroit to shed junk status is within reach — in the next one to two years — by assigning a positive outlook to the BB-plus rating.

S&P raised Massachusetts' general obligation long-term credit rating to AA-plus from AA.

Illinois' public universities continue to reap ratings and aid benefits from the state's positive rating trajectory and healthy near-term revenue landscape.

Moody's Investors Service ran a series of stress tests on $38 billion in state highway revenue bonds it rates to gauge the risk to fuel-tax backed bonds.

New Jersey received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to A1, citing the state's approach to pension funding and debt defeasement.

Detroit's return to investment grade is within reach if it stays on track after Moody's put a positive outlook on the Ba1 rating following an upgrade from Ba2.