Ratings

Hartford's council authorized an agreement for the state to pay the city's debt over two decades while accepting state oversight.

Moody's boosted the university to A1, an event that may have been overshadowed by the men's basketball team's Final Four run.

The city has underfunded pensions and plans to increase spending to support its school district.

Reno's ratings raised to A-plus with an economic boost from tech companies.

Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker will take on Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner.

Lombard's failure to honor its appropriation pledge cost bondholders dearly in a hotel project bankruptcy.

The authority is selling revenue variable rate refunding bonds.

The Lincoln-Way district is in recovery mode from past bond abuses of a previous leader.

With its accreditation no longer at risk, College of DuPage got an upgrade from S&P Global Ratings.

Moody's Investors Service cut Milwaukee's rating to by a notch to A1.

S&P Global Ratings said revenues are not increasing to match the New York regional transit agency's expenses.

The on-time and on-budget Tappan Zee Bridge replacment helped the authority land a positive rating outlook.

Four senators released a proposal to deal with the Bluegrass state’s unfunded pension obligations.

The Detroit-based university will sell $120 million in general revenue bonds.

Ball State University would control the financially distressed Muncie school district through an appointed seven-member board.

Benefit changes for the city’s public safety pensions will remain, said Moody's Investors Service.

Moody's revised its outlook on Connecticut's capital to developing from negative, pending the city's application for a state workout program.

The Ohio Turnpike and Transportation Commission is selling $72 million of senior-lien bonds and $415 million of junior-lien bonds.

The "transformative" effect of landing the second Amazon headquarters is likely to help the economy of the winning government, according to S&P.

The increasing saturation of the Northeast market with casinos bodes poorly for states expecting tax windfalls, analysts said.