Midwest

When Wisconsin priced $253.755 million of GO refunding bonds on July 23, it was the state's second forward delivery deal in recent months.

The Omaha City Council approved placing a $333.4 million GO bond deal on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Tim Walz will be joining Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket, bringing issues such as infrastructure investment, the child tax credit and his work in public schools front and center.

The bankruptcy saga of Mercy Hospital continues, with trustee Computershare Trust filing a notice about the distribution of cash to bondholders.

Fitch upgraded Chicago's issuer default rating and GO debt rating to A-minus from BBB-plus and the city's sales tax securitization bonds to AAA from AA-plus.

States may need to look to Florida's catastrophe fund example as extreme weather increases, FEMA denies more requests and insurance becomes unprofitable in much of the Midwest.

Bond financing is likely for parts of a major revitalization effort on which the city is collaborating with the University of Notre Dame's School of Architecture.

The Chicago Public Schools board unanimously approved the district's 2025 budget Thursday, a day after the Civic Federation warned it is a "temporary solution."

North Dakota's Bismarck State College returned to the market, pricing $30 million of bonds, with proceeds used to finance the construction of an 80,000-square-foot athletic center.

First Eagle Investments has hired Purva Patel, based in Chicago, as managing director and senior investment specialist on its high-yield municipal credit team.