Wisconsin

The budget Gov. Scott Walker signed authorizes more than $700 million in borrowing.

Wisconsin's PFA conduit won't see proposed changes under a budget deal.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will soon sign the $3 billion incentive package.

The transportation package limits bonding to $400 million.

They are also trying to hash out a final state budget deal.

Refunding deals were down substantially and new money volume also slipped.

New money and refunding GO deals are in the cards.

Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, said it will make a $10 billion investment in southeastern Wisconsin.

The state's appropriation backed debt was also upgraded.

Wisconsin's Foxconn incentives package paves way for $252 million in highway borrowing and local government financing help.

Wisconsin Senate leaders remain at odds with Assembly leaders over transportation capital funding.

The Midwest Economy Index declined to 0.51 in May from 0.72 in April, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.

Illinois isn't the only Midwest state struggling with budget issues.

Municipal bond traders are awaiting the start of this week's new issue sales.

Road funding plan divides Wisconsin lawmakers as Oregon gets first glimpse of $5 billion proposal.

Milwaukee takes competitive bids on $270 million of debt Thursday.

Wisconsin heads into the market over the next week with nearly $1 billion of debt in three deals.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business declined to 57.87 in April from 61.77 in March, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.

The Wisconsin-based conduit got a BBB rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency for $165 million of Series 2017 taxable revenue bonds payable solely from New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine promissory notes and guaranteed by Montefiore Medical Center.

As legislators in Madison debate how to fill a $1 billion hole in the state's transportation fund, cash-strapped local government officials are left with no choice but to use band-aids to patch the potholes riddling the state's crumbling roads and bridges.