Midwest

A Kansas state legislative council will meet next month to keep a 2024 bond-financing law alive at the request of the Missouri-based Kansas City Chiefs.

Soon after it sold $687.3 million of bonds, Chicago returned to market with $82.55 million for housing and economic development in a deal set to close Monday.

Indiana's Senate Enrolled Act 1 raises questions about local income tax-backed bonds, appearing to lack protections for bondholders as currently written.

After a special legislative session, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation authorizing state-backed bonds for stadiums to keep teams in Missouri.

Cook County faces a general fund budget gap of $102.6 million in 2026, and many grants are at risk under the new White House and Republican-controlled Congress.

Deals from two small Michigan cities show how bond-funded improvements are used to keep up with water infrastructure replacement needs.

The wait for finished audits dropped across municipal sectors from 2022 to 2023, a new report says, but the median time is still higher in the long run.

The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.

In a Monday special session that went late into the night, the state legislature passed a $66 billion budget that includes a $700 million bonding bill.

The Columbus City Council approved a November ballot measure seeking voter approval for $1.9 billion of triple-A-rated general obligation bonds.