Midwest

The St. Louis-based senior-living facilities operator has almost $80 million in bonds outstanding.

Chicago Transit Authority CFO and Treasurer Jeremy Fine is leaving the agency, CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr., announced.

Missouri this month kicked off construction on a major expansion of Interstate 70, financed with a mix of bonds, general revenue funds and some federal funding.

Fiduciary responsibilities and politics are keeping the ESG debate alive in public finance.

Sterling Heights, Michigan, plans to issue $45 million of bonds to help finance a $1.06 billion redevelopment of Lakeside Mall, which closed at the end of June.

Ohio legislators are mulling a bill that would bar the state's pension systems, universities and Bureau of Workers' Compensation from pursuing ESG investing.

Officials in East St. Louis, Illinois, sued the local police and firefighter pension boards and the state comptroller to block the use of an intercept law.

Detroit-based international law firm Miller Canfield has hired five public finance attorneys from Ice Miller. All five will join the firm's Chicago office.

Unfunded public pension liabilities have dropped more than 60%, or $3 trillion, from the peak in 2020, according to a new Moody's Ratings report.

Every state in the Midwest has clean water and drinking water financing programs. Those financing mechanisms may face greater strain in the years ahead.