Ohio

Ohio state Sen. Joe Schiavoni wants to ask voters for authorization to borrow up to $1 billion of bonds to finance sewer and water projects across the state.

Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer and Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad was been extradited to the United States from Pakistan to serve a 15-year prison term for his role in a kickback scandal involving state investment business at the Ohio treasurer's office.

A federal judge this week sided with Ohio when he dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of Ohio Turnpike toll revenue to fund projects that aren't on the turnpike itself.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $37.5 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2015, up 17.5 % from the same period of 2014 as refundings made up for a decline in new money issuance.

Moody’s Investors Service upgrade Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health, saying the eight-hospital system has seen a strong financial performance in the last two years.

Cincinnati’s settlement with its unions and retirees on retirement obligations is one of the reasons why Moody’s said it revised its outlook on the city to stable from negative.

Columbus, Ohio, in the midst of a downtown building boom, heads into market this week for its annual summer borrowing bearing triple-A bond ratings.

Ohio-based boutique investment firm Lancaster Pollard, which specializes in health care and housing, has a new leadership team.

Ohio now has more than $2 billion in its rainy-day fund, the highest in the state's history, officials said.