Midwest

A vote Wednesday by Chicago's city council would speed up budget hearings and signals that a majority of alders may go their own way on the budget.

Omaha Public Power District will go to market the week of Jan. 5 with about $164 million of Series 2026A separate electric system revenue refunding bonds.

The Project Tundra carbon capture project – a public-private partnership involving a 2,500-mile pipeline through parts of the Midwest – suffered a setback.

As South Dakota becomes the latest Midwest state to consider property tax reform, some officials are scrutinizing school districts more closely.

The county treasurer's new report describing large hikes in Chicago residential tax bills effectively takes property tax hikes off the table for the city.

The transaction, which supports the Navajo community in Ganado, Arizona, represents a major landmark in furthering Native American health care infrastructure, overcoming hurdles tribal governments typically face in issuing municipal debt to open a replicable path to market other indigenous health systems can follow.

Chicago went to market Wednesday with $454.37 million of STSC refunding bonds, amid heated budget talks. Goldman took down $75 million of the bonds.

A $1.2 billion revenue bond required the Columbus Regional Airport Authority to "start from scratch." The result is The Bond Buyer's Midwest Deal of the Year.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is seeking City Council approval of $1.8 billion in new money general obligation bonds and $2 billion in refunding authority.