Midwest

Cook County, Illinois, will return to market next week with $119.5 million of Series 2026 fixed rate, tax-exempt sales tax revenue bonds.

Chicago will fund new infrastructure for The 78, the mixed-use development around the new Chicago Fire soccer stadium, after the City Council advanced the deal.

In fiscal 2026, Indiana saw 6.8% year-over-year growth in state revenue amid a 27.7% surge in corporate tax revenue, leading to a surplus of $1.85 billion.

Private Milliken University in Illinois is sweetening its upcoming bond deal by adding a student apartment complex to increase investor protections. 

Fitch Ratings upgraded Cook County to AA-plus from AA on Monday, citing the county's moderating long-term liability burden and sustained resource base growth.

Milwaukee is considering a bond-financed municipalization of its electric utility, which is currently run by investor-owned We Energies.

After Moody's Ratings withdrew its bond rating due to a lack of information, the Iowa City Community School District is taking steps to improve its finances and its reputation.

Financial markets have embraced prediction markets as a mainstream crowdsourced provider of real-time probability signals and risk-hedging tools.

Illinois-based Bernardi Securities released an Environmental Risk Index that gauges relative environmental risk within municipal bond portfolios.