Midwest

Ohio plans to price $288 million of high-grade general obligation bonds next week.

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, a national minority-owned law firm based in Milwaukee with an 11-strong public finance team, will shut down at the end of this month.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner introduced his fiscal 2017 spending plan by asking the legislature's Democratic majorities to support at least some of his policy proposals or give him sweeping powers to balance the state's books.

Chicago-based investment bank William Blair is moving into Ohio by hiring of a team of veteran public finance bankers from Fifth Third Securities.

Legislation to fund Illinois' community college payments and student financial aid grants was delivered to Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk Tuesday.

Continuing turmoil at the College of DuPage, Ill., cost the two-year school one of its triple-A ratings as Standard & Poor's cut it two notches to AA.

Michigan based Hope Academy had $8.6 million of public school academy limited obligation revenue bonds downgraded into deeper junk territory by Fitch Ratings on Wednesday.

Illinois elected leaders have plenty of advice about how to solve their budget problems, with no sign that they are going to take any of it.

The U.S. Justice Department filed suit against Ferguson, Mo., after the city rejected portions of a negotiated consent decree stemming from a fatal police shooting, adding more financial uncertainty for the city’s already junk-rated credit.

The Flint water contamination crisis and Detroit’s public school restructuring took center stage Wednesday as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled his fiscal 2017 budget.