Midwest

Floyd County locked up public support to replace its inferior jail.

Fitch and S&P's affirmation of Milwaukee's double-A ratings comes after Moody's cut the city.

The tax and omnibus spending bills offer little relief for state and local infrastructure.

City Council gave approval to Mayor Frank Jackson's administration to borrow more than $156 million for capital improvements, including a new police station and equipment to make Cleveland's streets safer.

Detroit's financial progress since its 2014 exit from Chapter 9 still leaves the city with debt, pension and economic development challenges.

New bill backlog management tools, spending caps, and revenue estimates are getting legislative attention as the budget remains up in the air

Latasha Thomas will work on government affairs and public finance.

Lawyers for the city of Harvey will argue for release of state funds.

Henry County supervisors tabled the awarding of contracts for the construction of the new Henry County law center again at Thursday's meeting, after the agenda item was tabled first at Tuesday's meeting.

The school district is relying on referendum in November to support a funding plan.