Illinois

The state-approved benefit change for some Chicago firefighters adds $180 million to the city's unfunded tab and $700 million to contributions over 30 years.

Illinois' nearly exhausted $1 billion of GO bonding authority for existing pension buyout programs would get a $1 billion infusion under pending legislation.

The fiscally stressed Chicago suburb offered terms, including a 20-year maturity extension for a possible bond exchange, as it looks to restructure debt.

Skokie held on to its double-A tier ratings as it preps a pension obligation bond issue to bring its public safety pension funding ratios to 90%.

The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools sold $872 million of new-money and refunding bonds into a rockier market for high-yield paper Thursday.

COVID-19 hit the Lombard, Illinois, Westin hotel and conference center hard, knocking repayment of bonds restructured in a 2018 bankruptcy off track.

Chicago Public Schools returns to the market after resolving a union dispute that shuttered schools amid the spreading omicron COVID-19 variant.

The number of hospital mergers and acquisitions dropped last year and the pandemic and federal government's actions may influence the 2022 picture

The state expects to cut interest costs through the early repayment on the loan taken out through the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program to help pay down healthcare bills.

Several pension-related matters that impact Chicago, Cook County and suburban and downstate public safety pension funds face an uncertain fate.