Kansas

China's recently announced suspension of U.S. agricultural imports escalated trade-related risks to U.S. agriculture, said Fitch Ratings.

Refundings rebounded in the first half of 2019, but total bond volume across the Southwest fell to a six-year low.

Although first-term Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly failed to win expansion of Medicaid coverag, she praised GOP lawmakers for beginning to clean up "a mess."

Shawnee County, Kansas, commissioners on Monday morning approved by a 3-0 vote a resolution to issue about $13 million in taxable industrial revenue bonds for a shopping development in west Topeka.

While JPMorgan Chase will see a public-private prison in Kansas through to completion, private financing as an alternative to municipal bonds is on the way out.

The number of states aiding school districts with pension costs is expected to grow as pension burdens escalate.

When they met Monday, the Leavenworth, Kansas, Board of Education were briefed on plans for capital projects that will be funded largely with money from a bond issue that was approved last year.

The region's municipal bond industry insiders saw a silver lining in a 21% increase for new money volume.

The Garden City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a charter ordinance that would give the city significantly more freedom in addressing general improvements and issuing general obligation bonds for certain projects.

Despite rising revenues, Kansas will still need to make adjustments to its budget because of rising demands, S&P Global Ratings says.