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The city has suffered tax and economic blows from COVID-19 but has weathered the impacts with adjustments to its roughly $1 billion budget.

The $5.35 billion transaction being recognized by The Bond Buyer as Midwest Deal of the Year met a series of state goals.

Chief of Finance and Senior Counsel, Office of the Ohio Treasurer

As a director in public finance, Maura Davalos will focus on FHA-insured healthcare financings; she will be based in Jacksonville, Florida.

The region's municipal bond issuers borrowed $40.4 billion during the first half of the year as record low rates more than tripled refunding activity.

The mass transit agency, its finances reeling from the coronavirus, rejected bids from 10 different banks and sold $451 million of notes to the Municipal Liquidity Facility.

Most consolidated rent-a-car facility debt is structured with solid debt service reserves, a cushion for investors after the coronavirus halted travel.

The $779 million refunding will capture present value savings while pushing off some debt repayments for budget relief that Fitch called "reasonable."

Flagship schools in Michigan, Ohio and Iowa made multiple coronavirus-related disclosures in their offering documents.

The collapse of the mergers comes as the not-for-profit healthcare sector confronts direct and indirect challenges drive by COVID-19.

The two state administrations laid out initial estimates of revenue losses due to the pandemic as the federal government debates additional relief.

Ratings for convention center financings and for hotels build to support the venues are under pressure.

Disclosure in a series of pending and recently priced Midwest healthcare deals underscore the rapidly evolving impact of COVID-19.

Taxable refundings caught on in the Midwest as they did elsewhere in the nation, helping the region post a 19% volume gain.

Investors to be greeted by largest issuance week of 2020 led by $5B Buckeye tobaccos.

The $5.2 billion Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Authority deal will restructure the debt service schedule, returning the Ohio credit to investment-grade.

The changes are a credit positive for the state of Ohio and the local governments that participate in OPERS, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The deal comes as the state's transportation plans will shift to rely more on cash than on commission borrowing going forward.

Ohio's Hamilton Community Authority issues bonds Thursday to help finance the redevelopment of a vacant paper mill.

University's parking project is part of the first phase of its 10-year capital improvement project.