Missouri

An appellate court will weigh whether a financing agreement on the Platte County IDB bonds attached more than just a moral obligation pledge.

Sorth, who joins as a managing director, will provide municipal bond underwriting and advisory services to clients in Missouri and the Midwest.

S&P moved its outlook on St. Louis' rating to negative due to the budgetary pressures posed by the pandemic

Public pension plans already received their 2020 funding by the time that the initial economic shock wave of the pandemic occurred.

Supply-starved investors flocked to the St. Louis-based private university's taxable deal, which was upsized to $450 million from $300 million.

MSD went to court to delay the $500 million bond measure slated for April 7, citing confusion and safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus.

Richard G. Bartow and his son Richard T. Bartow joined the office this week and will focus on K-12 education.

Political support lagged strong private interest in a potential privatization deal for the St. Louis airport.

The bond trustee says its appeal of a ruling that Platte County is under no legal obligation to repay $32 million of Zona Rosa bonds will be heard.

The city dropped its exploration of a privatization of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport under a federal program

Missouri officials are balking at approving $30 million in state aid to help finance the construction of a Major League Soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis.

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will sell $323 million of new money and refunding bonds as it prepares to ask voters for $500 million in new authority.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission takes bids Wednesday on its first new money deal in nine years.

St. Louis wants a deal that improves the airport while generating net cash proceeds to the city.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Fitch raised the airport's rating by one notch to A, citing rising traffic levels and robust financial metrics.

The city is asking private operators interested in leasing Lambert Airport to submit their qualifications, a move likely to lead in to a bidding process.

The commission's $300 million sale for bridge work will be its first new money issue since 2010 as it struggles to fund its road and bridge network.

Municipal bond issuers in the Midwest recorded a healthy year-over-year volume gain, in contrast to flat nationwide numbers.

The deal will end the family owned Baum's 91-year run in the municipal bond business.