Illinois

The Better Housing Foundation's Chicagoland suburban bond portfolios are now experiencing bond covenant and payment defaults.

The state expects to set senior and co-manager pools with up to 15 firms each for an initial four-year term.

S&P dropped the the nation's second-most-populous county — one of many Illinois governments struggling with retirement plan funding — to A-plus from AA-minus.

The last-ditch attempt to settle Preston Hollow Capital's lawsuit against Nuveen failed this week.

Martin Arrick, a managing director at S&P Ratings and its longtime not-for-profit healthcare group leader, will retire on Jan. 15.

Chicago is coming to market next week with its $1.3 billion debt refinancing.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.

New state funds mean the authority heads into 2020 with a stronger fiscal hand to manage capital and operating needs for at least the next five years.

Illinois residents will experience stop-and-go deja vu next year, with many construction projects continuing from years past.

Latest local government, pension-related downgrade in Illinois comes as local public safety pension consolidation now underway