Ratings

The first hard evidence of how this is affecting ratings in the public finance sector came from a downgrade two months ago involving Princeton Community Hospital in West Virginia.

S&P dropped the the nation's second-most-populous county — one of many Illinois governments struggling with retirement plan funding — to A-plus from AA-minus.

The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District says it will run out of operating funds in the next school year.

The New Jersey city received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to Ba3 from B2 as it enters year four of a five-year state takeover period.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.

The state's budget and rating momentum may hinge on economic growth, which has not presented a pretty picture.

New state funds mean the authority heads into 2020 with a stronger fiscal hand to manage capital and operating needs for at least the next five years.

Latest local government, pension-related downgrade in Illinois comes as local public safety pension consolidation now underway

Moody’s Investors Service lowered the rating of the private collage in upstate New York to Ba3 from Ba1.

Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on its AA-minus rating to negative from stable.