Midwest

Kansas City has a market stop planned for Wednesday before moving on to voters who are being asked next month to authorize $800 million in general obligation borrowing for infrastructure work over the next two decades.

St. Paul, Minn.’s new investor relations website is making its debut in tandem with a competitive sale of $43 million of general obligation and revenue-backed green bonds set for Wednesday.

The popularity of the National Basketball Association’s champion Cleveland Cavaliers may not extend to Cuyahoga County’s proposal to sell $140 million of bonds to update the team’s 22-year-old arena.

The Omaha City council is considering several revenue streams to support borrowing that would help finance a proposed $156 million streetcar system.

Illinois governments could lose up to $400 million in federal interest rate subsidies on their Build America Bonds under prolonged federal budget sequestration, according to a new academic study that looks at the losses as similar programs are eyed to help fund $1 trillion in infrastructure spending

A flurry of filings are due over the next month as Chicago Public Schools seeks a ruling by May 1 on its request to block the distribution of state funding under current formulas.

A changing of the guard is set at the civic arm of a prominent Chicago-based business organization that has worked to influence city and state action on their pension debt.

The University of Missouri’s AA-plus rating carries a stable S&P Global Ratings outlook, up from negative.

The wheels came off the so-called "grand bargain" deal for an Illinois budget Wednesday, which may bode poorly for the state's already low bond ratings.

The Illinois Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on tax hikes that would raise billions in new annual revenue as leaders press forward with their bipartisan "Grand Bargain" legislation aimed at ending the 20-month-old budget standoff.