Iowa

Iowa is considering two bills to expand disaster assistance to local communities, including via a revolving loan fund that may be funded with bonds.

Bond proposals are included in recent budget proposals from the Minnesota and North Dakota governors, as the region's 2026 spending plans begin to take shape.

Multiple carbon capture projects are advancing across the Midwest, but the Trump administration may change the calculus around CCS and net zero goals.

Three of the six conservation referendums on Midwest ballots are for bond authorizations; one in Illinois and two in Iowa.

The bankruptcy saga of Mercy Hospital continues, with trustee Computershare Trust filing a notice about the distribution of cash to bondholders.

Every state in the Midwest has clean water and drinking water financing programs. Those financing mechanisms may face greater strain in the years ahead.

The owner of an Iowa nitrogen fertilizer plant with more than $800 million of munis outstanding is trying to sell the plant to one of its largest competitors.

Polk County, Iowa is issuing $113 million of general obligation capital loan notes, Series 2024A, for the Des Moines Airport Authority's new terminal project.

The bankruptcy of Iowa City's Mercy Hospital is closer to an end with the resolution of a dispute between unsecured creditors and the trustee and bondholder.

Some public colleges in the Midwest are facing budgetary squeezes paired with programming directives from state legislators, a departure from trends elsewhere.