Ratings

Oil appears to be making a steady comeback, lifting prospects for the key producing states, according to Fitch Ratings.

Gov. John Bel Edwards released a spending plan for 2019 targeting health care and higher education to bridge much of the deficit.

Milwaukee is selling $70 million of notes to speed up pension payments.

A state official cited the need to have special tax obligation bonds rated "on the bonds' own merits," distinct from the state's GOs.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal is favorable from a credit perspective, S&P Global Ratings said.

Former S&P Global Ratings analyst Richard Packard will succeed Black in Fitch's Austin office.

Moody's shifted the outlook on its A3 rating forSpringfield, Illinois, to negative.

Fitch Ratings expects the Puget Sound region could see continued economic growth for two years.

Almost three years after sinking to the verge of a junk, New Jersey’s largest city received an outlook boost from Moody's.

S&P Global Ratings said it lowered its long-term rating on Missouri Western State University's (MWSU) series 2008, 2010B, and 2012 to BBB-plus from A-minus.

The ratings withdrawal impacts two Indiana bonds and various New York, and Virginia local government issues.

S&P Global Ratings lowered its outlook on Cook County's AA-minus rating ahead of a $100 million refunding.

Mayor Keisha Bottoms said housing affordability, transparency, public safety, education, and transportation are priorities.

The use of reserves was cited in the downgrade of Las Vegas' Clark County School District.

The city launched a new investor website, and boasts two recent upgrades to its still-junk ratings.

Municipal utility districts on the Texas coast enter 2018 with a stable outlook, according to S&P.

Gov. John Bel Edwards said lawmakers must agree to replace $1 billion in expiring revenues by Jan. 19 or he will cut the budget.

North Dakota county loses investment grade as it prepares to open new jail.

Ingalls Health System in south suburban Chicago was downgraded one notch to Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service.

Indiana’s experience provides a roadmap for what can go wrong in a private partnership, though it's not indicative that the funding technique is flawed.