Ohio

MetroHealth's ratings tumbled three notches to reflect its sizable new debt load.

Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Ohio, are back on the ballot asking residents to approve the same school bond issue voters denied in November.

Fitch upgraded Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron.

The municipal bond market is ready to see negotiated and competitive offerings hit the screens on Tuesday from issuers in New York, Washington, Ohio and Maryland.

New York traders on Monday were looking over the retail pricing of the big NYC Transitional Finance Authority negotiated deal. Muni finished unchanged in quiet trading as Passover kept price action muted.

April 04--Summit County says the math works out like this: $2 million in county government funds will create $14 million in new economic development and jobs.

Ohio’s $7.8 billion budget is awaiting action by Gov. John Kasich after legislative passage last week.

The Cuyahoga County Council signed off on a resolution paving the way for a $140 million bond issue to help cover $280 million of upgrades to the Quicken Loans Arena.

Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Huntington Capital Markets has hired public finance veteran Richard Hatton to head its public finance operation in Cincinnati.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth wants to persuade Cuyahoga County to allow it to substitute a liquidity agreement for a debt service reserve fund on forthcoming bond deals.

Despite pressure to slow down the approval process, the Cuyahoga City Council plans to vote March 28 on a $140 million debt issue to finance renovations to the Quicken Loans Arena.

Ohio-based ProMedica Health System’s shaky fiscal 2016 results drove a one-notch downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service.

TriHealth, one of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems in the Cincinnati area, is making its debut in the bond market Tuesday with its first public offering in a $300 million sale.

Ohio’s Water Development Authority will sell $400 million of high-grade paper to fund a loan program on Tuesday.

The popularity of the National Basketball Association’s champion Cleveland Cavaliers may not extend to Cuyahoga County’s proposal to sell $140 million of bonds to update the team’s 22-year-old arena.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio-based MetroHealth System was placed on Credit Watch with negative implications by S&P Global Ratings.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $87.2 billion of municipal bonds in 2016, a 23.4% year-over-year increase that was the biggest of any region.

Canton, Ohio, was slapped with a two-notch downgrade over its ongoing budget struggles.

Ohio-based public utility, Dayton Power and Light, plans to shift its business away from coal-fired generation and modernize its grid under an electric security plan that may represent a credit positive.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is looking to reduce the state’s reliance on income tax revenue by raising the taxes on cigarettes, beer and wine, gas drilling and raising and expanding the sales tax.