Ratings

Riverdale, Illinois, will leverage its share of state income tax taxes with a junk-rated deal.

S&P Global Ratings revised Alaska's outlook to stable from negative.

S&P Global Ratings elevated its outlook for Colorado's AA issuer credit rating to stable.

Revised criteria for not-for-profit hospitals combined with insurance-related losses to result in a downgrade for New York State’s largest healthcare provider.

The county plans to sell $315 million of bonds this summer for a new jail.

Diverging economies and operating predictability shape the differences between the New England neighbors, said S&P.

Spending restrictions attached to a $500 million GO sale have triggered discussion over their effects on the state’s wobbly ratings.

They see aggressive assumptions and a failure to tackle long-term problems like pension underfunding.

S&P said a state law de-annexing a major portion of one city to create another may affect all of its Georgia municipal rating assessments.

What's in the next Illinois budget is more important to S&P Global Ratings than whether it is passed soon.

MCE, California's first community choice aggregator, is rated Baa2 with a stable outlook by Moody's.

Pike County's “very weak” economy, budget performance and management led S&P Global Ratings to lower its ratings.

The rating agency said its new criteria only support a rating two notches higher than the state's BBB.

S&P Global Ratings said the Bluegrass state has become more vulnerable to fiscal stress.

S&P placed MSU on CreditWatch with negative implications, citing a lack of clarity on how the settlement will be paid for.

Stockbridge's attorneys filed a state constitutional challenge in local court, and plan to file a civil rights complaint in federal court soon.

Two rating agencies put Presence Health's low-investment grade ratings on watch for upgrades.

Racine County's short-term rating from Moody's dropped to MIG2 at it returns to the market for another note deal.

The situation could deteriorate because of an aging workforce and modest population growth, according to Moody's.

The district is promoting structural protections and fiscal gains as it prepares to go to market with a $260 million refunding.