Ohio

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.

The first hard evidence of how this is affecting ratings in the public finance sector came from a downgrade two months ago involving Princeton Community Hospital in West Virginia.

If regulatory agencies approve the transaction, the acquisition will expand Beaumont's hospital count to 12 and increase total revenue to $6.1 billion.

Two rating agencies lowered their outlook for University Hospitals to stable from positive.

The Dayton International Airport didn't meet its goal to add one new flight in 2019.

The new online security force follows ransomware attacks on at least four local governments and agencies in Ohio during 2019.

The hospital system will price up to $1.7 billion of bonds this week, of which up to $1.4 billion would be taxable.

A recent $11.6 million financial move by Middletown Schools will put some money back into local taxpayers' pockets.

After management and physicians from both health systems worked to provide a merger recommendation, the UnityPoint Health board “failed to embrace the vision."

The nonprofit electricity wholesaler is refunding bonds issued in 2009 and 2015 that are tied to the Prairie State Energy Campus.

Cleveland Clinic's bond refunding follows a nearly $1 billion offering the system priced in April as it integrates recent Florida acquisitions.

ProMedica Health System was downgraded to Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, which assigned a negative outlook.

The public university in Ohio is refunding lease revenue debt as it continues to deal with enrollment declines.

Fitch Ratings downgraded about $5 billino of AMP project revenue bonds.

The city will hold a retail order period Wednesday for its general obligation bonds, followed by final pricing Thursday.

The college, using the state of Ohio as its conduit issuer, will price $49 million of bonds.