Ratings

Fitch Ratings affirmed its A-minus rating and positive outlook for toll revenue bonds issued for the South Bay Expressway.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed the state’s ratings and revised its outlook to stable from negative.

Chicago's 2017 CAFR offers deep dive into Chicago's fiscal gains and deeper strains.

CPS inches up speculative grade credit ladder, which in turn helps garner Chicago a stable outlook.

Moody's has cut the ratings of 31 Illinois municipalities due in part to pension strains over the last 18 months.

Fitch Ratings says the application of its new rating criteria is not expected to result in widespread downgrades.

The combined $10 million payment by Aetna, The Hartford and Travelers is a positive for Connecticut's struggling capital, according to Moody's Investors Service.

DTE Electric Co. is seeking a $537 million reduction in its taxable value, possibly threatening the county's credit rating.

Moody's calls Minnesota's pension reforms a positive for the state and its local governments.

The condition of Florida’s economy and finances led Moody's to upgrade the state to Aaa.

Cash flow pressures drove a downgrade of Stockton University as the New Jersey public college prepares to open an Atlantic City campus.

Three straight years of budget surpluses led S&P Global Ratings to upgrade the Nassau County town of 766,000.

Two years after New Mexico lost its triple-A rating, New Mexico has taken its second downgrade from Moody's Investors Service based on rising pension and Medicaid obligations.

S&P said there was a one-in-three chance that it could raise Allen Park's rating by multiple notches over the next year.

The county's last junk bond rating was erased with a two-notch Moody's upgrade to Baa2.

Ascension's acquisition of Presence Health brings double-A ratings to the previously triple-B-minus debt of Presence.

A conservative budgeting approach in the wake of severe fiscal distress led S&P Global Ratings to revise its outlook to positive.

The state Supreme Court's reaffirmation of a 2015 pension overhaul settlement is credit positive for Rhode Island, according to Moody's.

The second Illinois municipality stung by new state pension intercept rules has settled with its firefighters' fund.

Fiscal restraints under a new bond covenant contributed to strong demand for a state GO sale, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.