Midwest

North Dakota lowered revenue expectations for the remainder of the current biennium and predicted lower tax receipts than previously thought for the next.

TriHealth, one of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems in the Cincinnati area, is making its debut in the bond market Tuesday with its first public offering in a $300 million sale.

Ohio’s Water Development Authority will sell $400 million of high-grade paper to fund a loan program on Tuesday.

St. Louis-based Stern Brothers & Co. has hired longtime public finance banker and manager Linda Matkowski to serve as chief operating officer as the investment bank looks to put more teeth into its status as a woman-owned firm heading into its second century of business.

Chicago is a standout as the "worst" among its big city peers in key pension system measurements, according to a new S&P Global Ratings pension report.

Illinois' public colleges and universities remain at risk of further credit damage after 21 months of state budget gridlock, Moody's Investors Service said Thursday.

An infrastructure crisis that includes resolution of its jail construction project represent one of the bigger challenges Wayne County, Michigan must tackle to remain fiscally healthy, county executive Warren Evans said in his State of the County speech.

St. Louis received a downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday.

Two Illinois-based not-for-profit healthcare systems dropped their merger plans Tuesday following a court ruling that favored the Federal Trade Commission in its efforts to block the union.

Illinois is awash in red ink and it’s expected to spread, according to series of bleak fiscal reports this week that illustrate the toll of a 21-month-old budget stalemate on state finances.