Midwest

The city launched a new investor website, and boasts two recent upgrades to its still-junk ratings.

It's a sure thing that within two years, the Worthington Board of Education will ask for a bond issue to begin to deal with cramped, aging buildings.

The state is still unprepared for a recession, according to the Citizens Research Council.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority faces a $20 million budget gap because of changes in state tax distribution.

After granting an expansion franchise to Nashville, Major League Soccer has Cincinnati, Detroit and Sacramento on the hook.

The latest estimate for Linn County's future Public Health and Child and Youth Development Services building has increased by more than 50 percent — from $20 million earlier this year to $31.5 million.

When primary voters in Lake Zurich head to the polls in March, they'll have a chance to decide whether officials at Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 should spend $77.6 million on large-scale upgrades to school buildings.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois and its three service boards remain starved for new state capital dollars as 2018 marks a fourth year without an infusion of state help.

Northeastern Local Schools Board of Education members remain uncertain if they will go back to the ballot in May after voters in November rejected a plan to build $117 million new schools.

The tollway agency plans to spend $1.2 billion on capital projects next year.