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A private university in Milwaukee will borrow $163.7 million through tax-exempt bonds to build new emergency response facilities for the state and county.
February 20 -
The SIFMA Swap Index fell to 3.24% Wednesday, down 50 basis points from 3.74% from the week prior, and 131 basis points from 4.55% it hit on Jan. 24 as swings continued in the VRDO market. Tax-exempt money market funds reversed course to see inflows of almost $4 billion.
February 7 -
Fitch Ratings recently downgraded Marshfield Clinic Health System, a nonprofit group of 11 hospitals in central Wisconsin, to BBB from BBB-plus.
January 31 -
Wisconsin and Minnesota have jointly received a $1.05 billion grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the aging Blatnik Bridge.
January 24 -
The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $917 million.
January 18 -
The state of Wisconsin is embarking on a flurry of debt-related activity as the year begins, with a cash defeasance and three refunding deals on the table.
January 17 -
State bonds are a key part of the two-state plan to replace the aging Blatnik Bridge, but officials are also seeking more than $1 billion in federal grants.
December 18 -
A new deal with Microsoft may help fill the void left by the underperformance of a Wisconsin incentive deal to lure Foxconn to the village of Mount Pleasant.
December 5 -
Final responses are due by Dec. 8 from muni underwriters who want to be on Wisconsin sale syndicates.
November 22 -
The state reported a $7.07 billion budget balance and $1.8 billion in its rainy day fund.
October 16