Ohio

Ohio will sell $220M of general obligation bonds that are a mix of new-money and refunding debt next week, and $267 million of GO bonds in early February.

For the second time in three months, Standard & Poor's upgraded its long-term rating on the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority's bond fund program.

Columbus, Ohio, Auditor Hugh J. Dorrian intends to ask for authority to refund up to $475 million of Build America Bonds and recovery zone economic development bonds if federal subsidies are cut under sequestration or in a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Columbus-based law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has hired two new public finance attorneys, Bill Mason and Rob McCarthy.

Kentucky and Ohio are forming a bi-state management team to determine how to finance a new, $2.5 billion bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.

After considering a lease of the Ohio Turnpike to private investors, Gov. John Kasich Thursday said he wants to keep the asset in public hands and hopes to issue $1.5 billion of bonds backed by future toll revenue.

Gov. John Kasich Thursday is expected to unveil his long-awaited plan to wring cash out of the Ohio Turnpike, a 241-mile toll road that is one of the state's most lucrative assets.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded to B3 from Ba3 its rating on Ashland University, Ohio, and kept its outlook negative.

A federal appeals court Monday handed the three major rating agencies a victory by upholding a dismissal of a lawsuit brought by five Ohio pension funds that blamed the agencies for major investment losses.

The Ohio Department of Transportation last week issued a request for qualifications from firms interested in partnering on the state’s first public-private partnership project, a $332 million bridge in downtown Cleveland.

Fitch Ratings last week affirmed its AA-minus on Akron’s limited-tax general obligation bonds and income-tax revenue bonds.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio's most populous county and home of Cleveland, next week plans to price $101 million of bonds, the first general obligation sale under the new executive-style government.

A one-hospital system in northern Ohio with low-investment grade ratings saw its $53 million deal oversubscribed by more than four times, according to the underwriter.

Voters approved a key property tax increase to raise money for Ohio’s Cleveland Metropolitan School District as the district launches a major reform effort.

Indiana's transportation director visited Ohio to tout the Hoosier State's $3.8 billion toll road lease as Ohio Gov. John Kasich nears an announcement on the privatization of the Ohio Turnpike.

Ohio-based bond counsel firm Peck, Shaffer & Williams LLP hired two recent law school graduates for its Cincinnati office, bringing the firm’s number of public finance attorneys to 45 nationally.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AA rating and stable outlook on the Ohio Turnpike Commission ahead of an expected announcement by Gov. John Kasich of his plans to privatize the 241-mile toll road.

Akron, Ohio, and the Summit County Port Authority plan to issue $3.5 million of tax-exempt debt as part of a lease deal aimed at keeping the city's minor-league baseball team in the downtown stadium.

Milwaukee-based Baird has hired Jeff Fivecoat, a long-time health care banker, for its Columbus office. Fivecoat comes from Red Capital Group and before that, OhioHealth.

Ohio is selling GO bonds this week and Garvee bonds in November. Ohio says the Garvee deal will proceed despite uncertainty over federal transportation funding and the fiscal cliff.