Midwest

After the latest cyberattack struck a K-12 school system, rating agencies and muni market participants warned of an evolving risk to school district issuers.

Transit authorities around the country are bracing for upticks in ridership and revenue thanks to the World Cup as negotiations over surface transportation authorization linger in the background.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker proposed changes to address his state's underfunded pensions in his budget proposal. Two made it through the legislature.

Ohio Dominican University became the latest Midwest private religious college to run into financial trouble after it missed a bond payment.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced her candidacy for mayor of Chicago last week, pledging "to respect the taxpayer dollar and stretch its value."

Illinois lawmakers passed a $56 billion fiscal year 2027 budget as the legislative session wrapped up in the early hours of Monday morning.

Issuers using cash basis accounting pay a yield premium to sell bonds, according to a new paper, and their bonds are less likely to trade in the secondary.

Huntington Securities has hired Shai Markowicz, a veteran of Citi and Morgan Stanley, as managing director and head of project finance.

A sweeping Illinois bill to loosen local government audit requirements is on pause, but its backers hope to push the legislation through next session.

Rating agencies, infrastructure analysts and stakeholders are asking questions about the modeling assumptions underpinning data center financings.