Midwest

Chicago Public Schools will ask its board to OK up to $1.1 billion of borrowing Wednesday.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza wants lawmakers to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the Debt Transparency Act.

City council members say they need more time to consider contract and other options.

In what’s easily the largest deal of the year, Illinois is set to come to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds that will help pay down a bill backlog that’s around $15 billion. The lowest-rated U.S. state has momentum going its way after last week’s successful $1.5 billion competitive GO sales -- and Illinois is hoping that success spills over into this week’s negotiated offering.

Fitch and Kroll both raised Wisconsin's rating to AA-plus.

The Illinois borrowing pitch highlights “improving” credit fundamentals and its position as the Midwest “powerhouse.”

The region's governments could find it harder to generate fresh revenue, Moody’s Investors Service said

Chicago's proposed budget makes incremental progress, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Chicago relying on savings from new securitization borrowing program to help balance 2018 books.

Voters in New Rockford-Sheyenne Public School District, N.D., approved a 20-year bond for structural repairs and air quality improvements Tuesday in a special election.