Ohio

Ohio politicians are racing to deliver relief as a citizens group gathers signatures for a November 2026 ballot initiative to end property taxes in the state.

Hamilton County, Ohio, announced a deal Thursday to pay $350 million in county funds toward the $470 million cost of renovations to Paycor Stadium.

The Columbus City Council approved a November ballot measure seeking voter approval for $1.9 billion of triple-A-rated general obligation bonds.

Notre Dame College in Ohio faces legal action on at least three fronts after defaulting on bond debt and a swap agreement and allegedly misusing donor funds.

May 6 brought disappointing results for two Midwest states with school bond referendums on ballots, as voters mostly rejected the issuances.

Ohio's governor is critical of a legislative plan to support a Cleveland Browns stadium in suburban Brook Park with $600 million of state bonds.

The Ohio House's proposed cap on school districts' carryover balances at 30% of their annual operating costs has drawn praise and criticism.

As major airlines report losses and scale back forecasts, Cleveland is preparing to go to market April 2 with $125.5 million of revenue bonds for its airport.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants to raise the sports gaming tax to pay for stadiums and he does not want the state to issue bonds to finance stadium development.

Charter schools drove the worst January ever for impairments since Municipal Market Analytics began tracking default trends, the firm said in a Feb. 5 report.

Ohio is facing steeper than projected declines in cigarette smoking, and thus in tobacco settlement revenues, and disputes from tobacco giants over payments.

Cuyahoga County and Cleveland will each pay $20 million to fund capital repairs at the venues that host Cleveland Cavaliers basketball and Guardians baseball.

The battle over ESG investing is spreading in the Midwest, with the recent passage of an Ohio law and a decision by the Indiana Public Retirement System.

Ohio legislators plan to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would put a $2.5 billion general obligation bond measure on statewide ballots May 6.

Some Midwest states, notably Michigan and Ohio, dipped well below a national average that saw roughly two of every three school bond measures approved in November.

PureCycle Technologies, which bought back its muni bonds earlier this year, continues to sell them on to support its liquidity needs, CFO Jaime Vasquez said.

The Central Ohio Transit Authority's half-cent sales tax increase will back up to $500 million of revenue bonds.

A little-noticed program in Ohio's capital budget is drawing attention after a nonprofit advocacy group called its grants to religious groups unconstitutional.

Xavier University in Ohio is the latest private Midwest college to face bad financial news -- downgrades from two bond rating agencies -- but it's not alone.

Cleveland returns to market Wednesday in the first of two bond deals this month. That $64.4 million GO deal funds public parks, bridges and road improvements.