Illinois

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.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said there would be no taxpayer funding.

Cook County will cut jobs and lay off some workers to plug the budget hole.

A budget without big new tax hikes was an easy sell for Chicago aldermen despite looming pension clouds.

Illinois follows up its $6 billion of October borrowing with $750 million of new money GOs.

The Cook County, Ill., board will vote on a fiscal 2018 budget Tuesday, the same day as Chicago.

The junk-rated school district pared down spreads after bolstering its balance sheet.

The Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's direct rating link to the state government was costly.

Chicago officials want to highlight the distinctions between the highly rated new securitization and the city's general obligation bonds.

A bankruptcy court judge is weighing whether the municipal government-sponsored project qualifies for Chapter 11.

Chicago's Board of Education is pricing more than $900 million, citing positive rating actions and a better balance sheet.