Missouri

For $790 million, the NFL settled a suit alleging that the league failed to follow its own rules when it allowed the Rams to leave St. Louis for California.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission will competitively sell $91 million for bridge projects, its first deal in two years.

Ferguson regained its investment grade issuer rating by rebuilding its balance sheet while meeting federal consent decree mandates to overhaul police and court tactics.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded St. Louis to A3 from Baa1 citing a "materially improved financial profile."

The first motor fuel tax increase in decades could eventually raise more than $450 million annually.

The fuel tax increase state lawmakers sent to Gov. Mike Parson promises funding to begin working down the deferred maintenance backlog on highways and bridges.

Kansas City will follow up a GO sale from last month with $186 million of tax-exempt, taxable new money and refunding special obligation bonds Wednesday.

Fitch Ratings warns that mounting challenges posed by ratepayers of Missouri's Howard Bend Levee District put its 2005 bonds at greater default risk.

The refusal to hear the bond trustee's appeal appears to end the litigation over whether Platte County bears legal responsibility to repay the debt.

The Kansas City Industrial Development Authority will price more than $600 million of bonds as the replacement of Kansas City International terminals advances.