Missouri

Kansas City council to decide by Aug. 24 if $1B airport P3 proposal goes before voters in November.

Opponents of the publicly funded $64 million renovation to Scottrade Center filed suit Friday to stop the project, alleging the plan is unconstitutional in Missouri.

Voters in two school districts, Green Ridge R-VIII and Dresden R-XIII, went to the polls Tuesday to make their choices known in the special election.

Kansas City council considering bonds, private financing for $1 billion airport terminal project.

The St. Joseph City Council approved $67 million bond issuance from the state of Missouri's Direct Loan program to fund the Blacksnake Creek project.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "expanded at a slower pace with solid expectations for future activity" in June, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Airlines want a November vote on a new $1B terminal at KC airport and how to finance it.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the St. Louis Art Museum's (MO) (SLAM) Issuer Rating to Aa2, reflecting excellent fiscal management contributing to superior cash flow and reserve growth.

Kansas City International’s three terminals would be replaced by a new $1 billion P3 facility.

The Joplin Recovery Tax Increment Financing District that covers the disaster zone and downtown could be paid off in four to five years, as much as 13 years early at its current rate of growth, the Joplin City Council was told Monday night.

St. Louis and other public bodies accuse the NFL of improperly approving the Rams move.

Successful St. Louis and Kansas City tax and bond measures support their credit profiles.

St. Louis based SSM is turning to the taxable market to pay down debt and bolster its liquidity.

Midwestern voters loosened their purse strings to approve Kansas City, Missouri’s $800 million infrastructure referendum but held fast against St. Louis’ public financing request for a new soccer stadium.

Kansas City area voters embraced a host of school district bond issues Tuesday.

Kansas City, Missouri’s $800 million request is the biggest bond measure on April 4 ballots in Midwestern states, where voters will decide the fate of more than $2 billion of municipal borrowing requests.

St. Louis is seeking federal approval to explore a privatization of St. Louis Lambert International Airport as a means to generate private investment in the air field and funds for city use.

Threats to St. Louis University’s medical accreditation adds some remote credit risks to the school’s rating if not successfully resolved, Moody’s Investors Service said.

St. Louis-based Stern Brothers & Co. has hired longtime public finance banker and manager Linda Matkowski to serve as chief operating officer as the investment bank looks to put more teeth into its status as a woman-owned firm heading into its second century of business.

St. Louis received a downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday.