Midwest

Muni analysts doubt that either major-party candidate for governor has the solutions to Illinois' many fiscal problems.

With the need for Congressional action lessened, governors and state legislatures can focus on fine tuning their own laws, officials said.

Referendums on making Madison County a "sanctuary county" for gun owners and an advisory referendum on holding advisory referendums for bond sales are headed to the November ballot.

Thursday's 5-4 ruling involves a 2016 law enacted by South Dakota requiring out-of-state e-commerce retailers to collect sales tax if they have more than 200 transactions annually or $100,000 in sales within the state.

Andrew Kim is a veteran Goldman Sachs energy investment banker.

The firm is expanding at its St. Louis headquarters, where it says it wants its sales professionals to be housed.

Property owners won't be on the hook for money Superior, Wis., borrowed to help with the development of Kestrel Aircraft manufacturing facility if the Council agrees with its Finance Committee.

The department's chief procurement officer, Jamie Rhee, will replace Ginger Evans.

The sales tax increase will bring in an extra $30 million to cover a projected $28 million budget shortfall.

The nation's second-most-populous county faces “difficult choices," board President Toni Preckwinkle said.