Midwest

More Illinois districts were lifted into the top fiscal category last year even as they navigated the start of COVID-19 pandemic

Northwest Community became the second independent hospital to affiliate with the Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore Health system over the past year.

Income tax payments and improving revenue collections have helped bring the state's bill backlog down to $3.5 billion.

The Michigan Strategic Fund signed off on the borrowing that will be priced by a syndicate led by Citi and Siebert.

Final payouts are approaching for $170 million of defaulted BHF bonds with haircuts ranging from less than 10% to more than 50%.

Indiana's newly adopted budget, with rosier revenue projections and a looming infusion of federal relief funds, will also boost infrastructure spending.

Chicago is betting on an eventual $200 million annual jackpot from a future casino to pay down its public safety pension fund obligations

The Illinois-based health system, with a balance sheet helped by its insurance arm, will sell $600 million of AA-minus rated debt over the next month.

Maulin Vidwans, Jennifer Santangelo, Ryan Udell and Adam Chelminiak move over from White and Williams.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority lost McCormick Place Convention Center events and tourism-driven taxes to the pandemic. It also plans another debt restructuring.