Indiana

As two new bankers take their seat on Fifth Third Securities’ public finance team, the firm says it’s on the lookout to add to its ranks.

The Midwest lagged the national uptick in issuance last year as the conservative region did take advantage of low interest rates to refund debt but held tight the purse strings on new money borrowing.

Long-range road funding bill approved by Indiana House calls for highway planners to study the feasibility of tolling Interstate Highways.

Indiana’s Purdue University officials believe its newly minted second AAA rating will spell savings on its upcoming bond sale.

Indiana lawmakers are considering three competing proposals to provide additional funding for state transportation projects.

Moody's Investors Service has placed the ratings of eleven local government credits in Indiana and Ohio on review with the rating direction uncertain as analysts await updated financial data from the group.

Indiana would build a new $120 million bond-financed mental health facility in what Gov. Mike Pence’s administration is billing as an affordable option that will usher in a new model of care

Indiana will spend $70 million to expand lanes on a well-traveled stretch of Interstate 65 under a plan announced by Gov. Mike Pence.

Moody’s Investors Service has placed Indianapolis Public Schools Aa2 rating under review with its direction uncertain due to the lack of current financial information.

Lawrence, Indiana’s waterworks utility lost its investment grade level rating after being hit with a three notch downgrade from Standard & Poor’s.

Voters across the Midwest elected new leaders, embraced the borrowing pleas of some school districts while nixing others, and rejected a controversial marijuana initiative in one state.

The Indiana Finance Authority's chief financial and chief operating officer, Dan Huge, will take the helm of the agency that serves as the state's borrowing arm.

The developers of a $2.8 billion Indiana fertilizer plant will remarket $1.26 billion of debt as they continue trying to finalize project details they have to nail down before they can roll the securities into a long-term structure.

Indianapolis received a first time general obligation rating of AA-plus from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence unveiled a new $1 billion, four-year road and bridge construction plan that draws from reserves and calls for new borrowing.

Moody’s Investors Service dropped Good Samaritan Hospital in Knox County, Indiana by one level to Baa2 and warned of the potential for further deterioration by leaving a negative outlook on the rating.

Chicago-based investment firm David A. Noyes & Company has hired former Indiana public finance director Mark Moore as part of an expansion of the firm’s Indiana investment banking team.

The Federal Highway Administration filed a motion Tuesday dropping its appeal of an adverse lower court ruling that the government illegally approved the controversial $1.5 billion Illiana toll road project.

After getting hit with multi-notch downgrades on its water and sewer bonds, the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel is considering raising its utility rates.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $37.5 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2015, up 17.5 % from the same period of 2014 as refundings made up for a decline in new money issuance.