Midwest

Michigan’s State Housing Development Authority single family revenue bonds could get a credit boost from new federal funding, Moody’s Investors Service said in a commentary.

The Chicago Infrastructure Trust is soliciting private partners to overhaul the city and park district’s outdoor public lighting system.

State officials say a 45% road funding shortfall will cripple Minnesota’s highway expansion plans by 2018.

Cook County, Ill., is eyeing a refunding of $334 million of 2006 general obligation bonds ahead of a new money sale of as much as $140 million later in the year.

Ohio-based Kettering Health Network won an upgrade from Standard & Poor’s ahead of its upcoming $90 million sale.

Ascension Health Alliance, the nation's largest not-for-profit healthcare system, plans to sell about $1.9 billion of debt over the next month.

Flint and Genesee County will remain in a state of emergency until Aug. 14 under a four month extension granted by Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday.

Carmel, Ind., is prepping a $224 million sale that would mark the first issue of bonds by the city’s recently established bond bank.

With Illinois’ public higher education schools facing downgrades and accreditation risks, Gov. Bruce Rauner and the legislature’s Democratic majority remain at loggerheads over how to free up their funding amid the ongoing budget impasse.

The long-stalled bipartisan energy modernization bill is expected to move forward in the Senate without an amendment that would have provided Flint, Mich. with $220 million to address its ongoing water crisis.