Ratings

Strong legal and structural protections earned the debt top grades from Kroll and Fitch. S&P wasn't as bullish.

Moody's cited the city's reliance on nonrecurring revenues.

Moody’s Investors Service moved the outlook to negative in advance of a $40 million revenue bond sale.

Moody's Investors Service also cited a structural deficit.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency and S&P Global Ratings both revised their outlooks.

The Pennsylvania governor could borrow against tobacco revenues or against profits from the state-run liquor system.

Chicago Public Schools got a boost to BB-minus as the district readies a new money and refunding deal.

Fitch returned the South Carolina-owned utility's outlook to stable due to cancellation of the nuclear reactor project.

Legislative leaders say the move will plug a $2.2 billion budget shortage and end a nearly five-month budget impasse.

The House and Senate actions place the ball in the court of Gov. Dannel Malloy, who was sidelined during the negotiations.

The city's general obligation rating fell to A2 from A1 in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

The state Senate could bring the spending plan up for a vote that could help end a nearly five-month impasse.

The petition calls the $1.25 billion budget-balancing move unconstitutional.

Analysts will increasingly factor a government's preparation for the impact of global warming, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Treasurer Denise Nappier called for sound bond-cap provisions, full funding of ARCs and adherence to a 2008 pension bond covenant.

Fitch and Kroll both raised Wisconsin's rating to AA-plus.

The region's governments could find it harder to generate fresh revenue, Moody’s Investors Service said

Few details have emerged yet about a tentative state budget deal that might help the capital city dodge bankruptcy.

S&P Global Ratings assigned negative outlooks to the five special purpose districts due to flood damage.

Moody’s lowered Niagara Falls’ general obligation debt to Baa3 from Baa2.