Illinois

A special-purpose corporation is selling nearly $800 million to refund some of the city's lower-rated GOs.

The promotion for Heather Wendell was among a series of key appointments made by acting chief executive Janice Jackson.

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

The unfunded liabilities of the funds nearly doubled over the last decade.

Illinois lawmakers return to work this month ahead of the governor's State of the State speech and budget release.

When primary voters in Lake Zurich head to the polls in March, they'll have a chance to decide whether officials at Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 should spend $77.6 million on large-scale upgrades to school buildings.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois and its three service boards remain starved for new state capital dollars as 2018 marks a fourth year without an infusion of state help.

The tollway agency plans to spend $1.2 billion on capital projects next year.

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

Bridgeview, Illinois is the second Illinois home rule community to take advantage of new borrowing program.

The Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority will price a $679 million current and advance refunding of tobacco bonds.

The Illinois State University board of trustees will have a special meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday to speed up issuance of revenue bonds ahead of possible changes in the federal tax code.

The Chicago-based firm hired veteran healthcare banking specialist Brian McGough.

The rush to beat tax legislation at the Illinois Finance Authority makes for its busiest December ever.

Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool will step down at the after being accused of lying and engaging in a cover-up of an ethics probe of a top aide.

The bankruptcy court rejected arguments that a suburban Chicago project doesn't qualify for Chapter 11.

Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health will combine operations under a new name and new Chicago headquarters.

The $575 million deal proved an easy sell to a market hungry for any municipal paper.

The combined Illinois-based Advocate Health Care nor Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care would be the 10th-largest healthcare nonprofit.

Chicago's new borrowing entity brings $575 million of sales tax securitization bonds to market this week.