Wisconsin

The sales tax surcharge that financed improvements to the Green Bay Packers’ home -- Lambeau Field – has officially ended and about $18 million in surplus revenues are headed to local governments.

Standard & Poor's has revised its outlook to positive on Whiting, Wis.'s BBB-minus rating citing new practices in place to ensure it will keeps up to date on debt service payments.

Wisconsin heads into the market Monday with $42 million of environmental improvement fund revenue bonds that mark its inaugural outing under a new triple-A rated credit expected to benefit both the state and pool borrowers.

The nation's largest not-for-profit healthcare system — Ascension Health — will acquire the much smaller and lower-rated Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's southeastern Wisconsin facilities.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is urging state lawmakers to sign off on $200 million of general obligation borrowing for transportation-related projects that face delays without the infusion of funds.

Wisconsin finished off its last fiscal year in the black with a narrow ending balance of $135.6 million, according to a new fiscal report from the Department of Administration.

Milwaukee takes bids Thursday on $180 million of revenue anticipation notes to meet the cash flow needs of the city’s public school district as it awaits tax and aid payments.

Morgan Stanley will be lead investment banker for the Wisconsin Center District board as it crafts a borrowing plan for the new Milwaukee Bucks arena; the district has named an initial legal, advisory, and banking team.

The new $500 million arena for the National Basketball Association’s Milwaukee Bucks took a step forward when the city approved its contribution toward a $250 million public funding package.

Standard & Poor's stripped Lawrence, Wis. of its investment grade rating after learning of the risky terms in the municipality’s direct placement debt contracts.

The Milwaukee Common Council is expected to consider at its meeting Sept. 22 the use of $47 million in public funds to help finance a new $500 million arena for National Basketball Association’s Milwaukee Bucks.

Standard & Poor’s view of the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority’s A-plus credit has brightened.

Wisconsin takes competitive bids on $391 million of general obligation debt Tuesday with more than half earmarked for transportation projects.

Investment banks interested in working on Wisconsin's financing for a new $500 million Milwaukee Bucks professional basketball arena have until Sept. 1 to submit their qualifications, as officials want to get the deal done by the end of the year.

Moody's Investors Service has revised its outlook on Wisconsin-based Mercy Alliance's A2 rating to negative from stable due to execution risks with the system's January merger with Rockford Health System.

Wisconsin took the first steps Wednesday toward putting together a team for about $200 million of borrowing planned for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena as Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the project’s public financing package.

Wisconsin’s new capital finance director David Erdman is a familiar name to the public finance community that does business with the state.

A $250 million public financing package for a new Milwaukee Bucks basketball arena is headed to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's desk.

The Milwaukee comptroller’s office is accepting proposals from bond counsel firms for any city financing to cover its share of a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Wisconsin Assembly will take up on Tuesday a financing plan that provides $250 million in public funds for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.