Wisconsin

Morgan Stanley will run the books on several negotiated deals that are part of about $360 million in local government borrowing planned.

Voters in Wisconsin also rejected a measure to abolish the state treasurer's office.

Voters are being asked to abolish the Wisconsin treasurer's office.

The largest not-for-profit health systems in Illinois and Wisconsin have cleared all regulatory hurdles to the merger.

Moody's Investors Service cut Milwaukee's rating to by a notch to A1.

A trade war would bring risks for states that do major business with Canada and Mexico, Fitch Ratings said after a seventh round of talks ended with no resolution.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $82.98 billion of debt last year, a 5% drop from 2016.

About $366 million of bonds are a component of the incentive package Wisconsin offered to land a Foxconn plant.

Shorter calls and a shift in the use of floating rate paper are part of Wisconsin's toolkit after tax reform.

Milwaukee will review proposals and pick a financial advisor for at least a three-year term.

Aurora Health Care and Advocate Health Care haven't said how the combination will impact each system's debt.

Wisconsin is conducting a request for qualifications to establish senior- and co-manager underwriting pools.

Brian Brewer will be the firm's public finance director following the retirement of longtime manager Keith Kolb.

Milwaukee is selling $70 million of notes to speed up pension payments.

Racine County's rising debt burden to support the Foxconn complex cited by Moody's.

The combined Illinois-based Advocate Health Care nor Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care would be the 10th-largest healthcare nonprofit.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 59.62 in November from 63.61 in October.

The Badger state is joining the list of issuers moving up refunding deals that are under threat from tax reform.

Fitch and Kroll both raised Wisconsin's rating to AA-plus.

City officials are highlighting the improved transparency provided by the new website.