Michigan

The Downriver Utility Wastewater Authority will sell $57 million of debt.

The GLWA will sell $400 million of new money and refunding water and sewer revenue bonds next week.

Continuity is expected as other financial team members remain while the city conducts a national search for a replacement.

The Midwest's public and private universities are straining to deal with enrollment losses.

Michigan no longer has any local governments under emergency management and the state program may be quietly laid to rest.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

The deal to finance a long-stalled jail project marked the county’s return to the market after an eight-year absence.

The judge said plaintiffs didn't allege Snyder knew about the dangers of the water in Flint River when he authorized the switch to using it.

The legislation would require local governments in Michigan to sell most bond issues competitively with seven-days public notice.

The board has identified more than 110 out of 490 local units of government as having an underfunded pension plan or retirement health care plan — or both.

The county anticipates pricing for the week of Aug. 6th.

Wayne County plans to issue the debt, secured with a state intercept, though the Michigan Finance Authority.

S&P Global Ratings boosted Michigan's general obligation bonds to AA from AA-minus.

The measure was the latest in a series of proposals that have been shot down because of divisions between county leaders.

MSU plans to issue roughly $784 million of bonds, $450 million of which will be used to cover settlement costs from the sexual abuse scandal involving Larry Nassar.

Barring legislative intervention, the district can't issue debt to cover the $500 million in repair costs.

DTE Electric Co. is seeking a $537 million reduction in its taxable value, possibly threatening the county's credit rating.

Michigan needs to spend $4 billion more each year for upkeep of the state's transportation, water and communications infrastructure.

The release of Highland Park School District in Wayne County marks the first time since 2000 that no local entity is in the oversight program.