Midwest

SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Ill. won an upgrade from Standard & Poor's and also received a positive outlook thanks to its nearly year-old affiliation with a stronger system.

Indiana will spend $70 million to expand lanes on a well-traveled stretch of Interstate 65 under a plan announced by Gov. Mike Pence.

Chicago is joining the Chicago Public Schools in delaying plans to sell general obligation debt until the New Year.

Contribution levels that fall short of actuarially required needs drove growth in the unfunded liabilities of a majority of 11 pension funds that cover Chicago area governments and local government employees throughout the state.

Women in Public Finance has chosen Carole Brown, a longtime Chicago-based public finance banker who became the city’s chief financial officer this year, to receive its founders’ award honoring lifetime achievement.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that frees up $3 billion of funds, allowing the state to distribute motor fuel taxes, gambling, and emergency phone service revenues to local governments.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s proposed $1.21 billion budget has won a key endorsement.

The sales tax surcharge that financed improvements to the Green Bay Packers’ home -- Lambeau Field – has officially ended and about $18 million in surplus revenues are headed to local governments.

Key portions of a lawsuit filed by a group of Chicago retirees to block the city’s attempt to phase out their healthcare subsidies can proceed, a state court judge ruled.

Standard & Poor's raised St. Louis’s parking revenue bonds by one notch as the credit profile received a boost from a recent rate increase.