Ratings

Completion of a replacement Tappan Zee Bridge with debt levels kept in check triggered upgrades to New York State Thruway Authority bonds.

Jersey City's legal settlements with two major entities are a credit positive, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Guam made spending cuts and raised taxes to offset losses created by federal tax law changes passed in late 2017.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded Johnson City to Baa3.

S&P raised the Indiana capital's ad valorem tax-secured bonds to AA-plus.

The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission says its blueprint could save the commonwealth roughly $10 billion over 30 years.

Moody's raised the Art Institute of Chicago's rating in recognition of declining debt and stronger reserves.

Santa Clara County's decision to purchase two of the bankrupt Verity hospitals was factored into the upgrade.

Legal and accreditation problems led Fitch Ratings to lower its rating on the Florida HBCU six notches to CCC-plus.

An improved Philadelphia economy drove the city’s long-struggling school district to an investment grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service.

Webster University has struggled to balance operations as it suffers tuition revenue declines.

The bank has long funded wastewater, renewable energy and brownfield remediation projects.

Moody's underscored the sense of uncertainty facing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by dropping its outlook to negative.

Some of the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority bonds remain at junk even after the Moody's upgrade.

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.