Iowa

Missouri and Iowa closed out fiscal 2022 with balances that paved the way for tax cuts.

The Iowa Fertilizer Co. will refund its Midwestern Disaster Area revenue bonds with a new structure that yields higher Fitch, Moody's and S&P ratings.

The IRS notified the city that its audit was closed with no change to the bonds' tax-exempt status, according to an EMMA notice posted this week.

Flagship schools in Michigan, Ohio and Iowa made multiple coronavirus-related disclosures in their offering documents.

The Fitch rating on the bonds, issued as part of the Midwestern Disaster Area authorization, remains deep in junk.

The authority is making an investor push ahead of two upcoming deals.

The city has earmarked bond money to cover the unexpected cost of repairing the inflatable Cedar River dam.

The state flagship university is entering into a 50-year concession with ENGIE North America and Meridiam for a $1.165 billion upfront payment.

The two firms hope the more formal union will pave the way for an expansion of products and services and the speed by which they go to clients.

After management and physicians from both health systems worked to provide a merger recommendation, the UnityPoint Health board “failed to embrace the vision."

Iowa accounted for $16 million of the approximately $36.1 million in aggie bonds issued in 2017, according to a recent survey by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

The city of Clear Lake, Iowa, is hoping a full-service investment-banking firm will help it secure the highest credit rating.

Municipal bond issuers in the Midwest recorded a healthy year-over-year volume gain, in contrast to flat nationwide numbers.

Nonprofit healthcare consolidation continues with two big multi-state deals.

Damage from the floodwaters will impact state and local governments and ripple through the region's economy.

The Fort Madison School Board on Monday adopted a resolution ordering a special election on the issuance of a $30 million general obligation bond.

The Fort Madison School District this spring will, for a fourth time since 2016, ask voters to approve the issuance of a multimillion-dollar general obligation bond to build a new elementary building to replace its two existing ones.

S&P Global Ratings cut Coralville to speculative grade citing the added debt burden and financing risks.

Danville schools will get some much-needed improvements, thanks to residents who voted in favor of an $8.9 million general obligation bond.

The Danville School District once again is asking for the public's approval to take out a general obligation bond — this time for $8.9 million — to be used for school remodeling, improvements and updates.