Midwest

The combined Illinois-based Advocate Health Care nor Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care would be the 10th-largest healthcare nonprofit.

Chicago's new borrowing entity brings $575 million of sales tax securitization bonds to market this week.

The county says it's closer to an agreement to build a criminal justice center at new location.

The group plans to sell roughly $1 billion of bonds, with a mix of btax-exempt and taxable debt.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 59.62 in November from 63.61 in October.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said there would be no taxpayer funding.

The developer's transformational plan relies on roughly $250 million of bond financing.

The precarious footing of the West Clark Community Schools Corp. has led to the board rescinding its prior vote to use general obligation bonds to address immediate heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and safety needs across the district.

City Auditor Hugh Dorrian steered Columbus away from complicated debt instruments and protected its triple-A bond ratings.

Public school districts with bonds are feeling a new urgency to try to refinance their bonds before the potential passage of a new federal tax bill.