Ohio

The Midwest's public and private universities are straining to deal with enrollment losses.

Cleveland Hopkins is planning to issue $90.3 million of series 2018 A refunding bonds and $21 million of series 2018B bonds.

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

S&P Global Ratings dropped the Ohio-based system four notches to BBB.

The Ohio Market Access Program is designed to lower local governments' costs when issuing short-term notes.

As the nation’s most populous state with the largest economy, California could set the upper level benchmark for other large states such as Florida and New York that have not yet announced a sales tax remittance threshold.

The Hutchinson Shockey name will continue after its acquisition by Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares.

Regional shifts in population portend credit challenges for U.S. states, Fitch Ratings analysts say.

S&P is the second ratings service to warn of possible downgrade because of the system's growing debt burden.