Iowa

The report illustrates how federal, state and local laws must be changed if the Supreme Court rules in favor of South Dakota and against Wayfair Inc. in an online sales tax case.

A trade war would bring risks for states that do major business with Canada and Mexico, Fitch Ratings said after a seventh round of talks ended with no resolution.

The bond referendum asks for a portion of the funds to be put toward additions for Edwards, Mitchell and Meeker elementary schools.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $82.98 billion of debt last year, a 5% drop from 2016.

A $27 million bond issue would pay to build, furnish and equip an elementary school building that would replace the district's two older ones.

An $8.6 million bond issue to expand and upgrade Janesville Consolidated School was approved Tuesday by just over 62% of voters.

Bondholders now have until Jan. 26 to agree to the tender exchange on up to $435 million in bonds.

The process of collecting signatures on a petition in favor of building a new Ames High School, and expanding three district elementary schools, appears to be in good shape.

As soon as April, residents of the Central Lee School District may decide on whether to pass a general obligation bond issue of $9.8 million to pay for facility renovations.

It only took a matter of minutes for the Ames school board to unanimously approve language for a bond referendum needed to finance building a new high school during a special meeting Monday night.

The Iowa Fertilizer Co. LLC is seeking a tender exchange for up to $435 million of bonds.

The latest estimate for Linn County's future Public Health and Child and Youth Development Services building has increased by more than 50 percent — from $20 million earlier this year to $31.5 million.

With overwhelming voter approval, the community of Sibley can now move closer to completing an outdoor aquatic center project.

Iowa's projected gap can be closed without legislative action, the governor says.

Two of Iowa's top elected officials are at odds over whether state government should use short-term borrowing to head off potential cash-flow problems that could delay school aid payments or meeting other obligations on time in 2018.

The Roland-Story school district has hired Haila Architecture in Ames to develop plans for a new athletic facility at the current outlet mall location. The plans will include a new field, track, field events areas, parking lot, concessions, bathrooms and locker rooms.

The idea of a new Ames High School cleared its latest hurdle Monday night when a community feedback group recommended constructing a new building to the school board.

The Board of Regents enterprise since 2001 has saved more than $101 million by refinancing bonds — with most of those savings coming since the Great Recession in 2008, after which interest rates plummeted to the lowest in recent history.

Moody's dropped Mercy Hospital to B1, affecting $71 million of debt.

State government April income tax revenue fell 4%, in what may be an early sign of the "Trump Effect" on taxpayer behavior.