Midwest

Former Chicago Public Schools leader Barbara Byrd-Bennett entered a guilty plea Tuesday to one corruption count leveled against her by federal authorities for allegedly steering contracts to her former employer for promised kickbacks.

Standard & Poor’s has lowered St. Anthony’s Medical Center by two notches to A-minus over dents in its operating performance.

Moody’s Investors Service dropped Good Samaritan Hospital in Knox County, Indiana by one level to Baa2 and warned of the potential for further deterioration by leaving a negative outlook on the rating.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has doubts about the need for a bill that would attach a statutory lien and trust to local unlimited-tax general obligation bonds.

The former chief of Chicago Public Schools was indicated Thursday on charges tied to no-bid contracts worth $23 million.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel warned Thursday that Congress and the Executive Branch should not hurt two federal loan programs for infrastructure: the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act and the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing programs.

Kroll has weighed in on Chicago’s 2016 budget, praising the spending plan for a key property tax increase but warning of unresolved challenges and one-shot revenue boosts.

Chicago’s motor fuel tax bonds became the latest victim of Illinois’ budget stalemate Wednesday when S&P dropped the debt six notches, to BBB-plus.

Flint, Mich. will reconnect with Detroit’s water and sewer system after a year of struggling with polluted water from the Flint River.

Michigan lawmakers joined a national debate by advancing a bill to enact a statutory first lien on local issuers’ unlimited tax general obligation bonds.