Illinois

Moody's upgraded the Lincoln-Way district, saying it has effected a fiscal turnaround after the management woes and investigations that sent it to junk in 2016.

An Illinois circuit court judge will decide whether the case can proceed by the end of August.

Lori Lightfoot's Aug. 29 speech comes one month ahead of the city's annual investors' conference.

Jack D. Davis II will decide by the end of the month whether to let the lawsuit challenging $14.3 billion of state debt proceed.

Chicago’s long-standing effort to host and profit from a casino will require a legislative makeover to attract financing, a report said.

Paul Chatalas, who has both a public finance and public policy background, took over as capital markets director Tuesday.

Nuveen and AllianceBernstein say Warlander Asset Management may be using the lawsuit to generate an "enormous profit" from credit default swaps.

The review of the final credit, Chicago's senior-lien water bonds, was resolved when the bonds were defeased.

The district wants to spend $619 million on local school projects, with another $191 million dependent on state funding.

The Civic Federation endorsed the system's 2020 budget but raised concerns over the community college system's long-term fiscal outlook.