Midwest

The St. Louis-based, multi-state Catholic health system is selling $175 million of taxable paper Tuesday.

The deal allows advisory firm Columbia to grow on the West Coast by combining with an established organization.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration had been required to study the idea of more tolls under 2017 state legislation.

The Federal Transit Administration has not yet awarded $760 million of the $2.62 billion Congress set aside for transit grants in fiscal 2018 almost two months after the end of the budget year.

Milwaukee-based Baird said it will expand its public finance footprint into new markets when it closes on the purchase next year.

Dearborn plans to price $35 million of bonds and Muskegon County plans $45 million.

The state plans to price $190 million of general obligation highway capital improvement bonds.

A junk-rated $112 million deal without state backing will test the market's perceptions of the city's recovery from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Chicago Public Schools is selling more than $1 billion of GOs, capital improvement tax bonds, and notes.

Chicago expects to add more than $9 billion in O'Hare debt in the coming years to upgrade the airport's terminals.