Midwest

Milwaukee is considering a bond-financed municipalization of its electric utility, which is currently run by investor-owned We Energies.

After Moody's Ratings withdrew its bond rating due to a lack of information, the Iowa City Community School District is taking steps to improve its finances and its reputation.

Financial markets have embraced prediction markets as a mainstream crowdsourced provider of real-time probability signals and risk-hedging tools.

Illinois-based Bernardi Securities released an Environmental Risk Index that gauges relative environmental risk within municipal bond portfolios.

Stonepeak Partners will pay $2.5 billion to buy the remainder of the lease of Chicago's parking meters. The 2008 lease runs through 2084.

Amendment 5 would eliminate the state income tax, but critics are worried about the lost revenue.

The governors of two top Midwest destinations for data centers froze tax breaks for the projects as grassroots opposition groups begin building coalitions.

Illinois released its 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report last week, completing the report nearly eight months earlier than its 2024 ACFR.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed the state's $3.7 billion FY2027-28 capital budget, lauding the budget's breadth and impact on ordinary Ohioans.

Kansas City, Missouri, is weighing $235 million in special obligation bonds to help fund the $1.4 billion expansion of the KC Current's two-year-old stadium.