Midwest

After a special legislative session, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation authorizing state-backed bonds for stadiums to keep teams in Missouri.

Cook County faces a general fund budget gap of $102.6 million in 2026, and many grants are at risk under the new White House and Republican-controlled Congress.

Deals from two small Michigan cities show how bond-funded improvements are used to keep up with water infrastructure replacement needs.

The wait for finished audits dropped across municipal sectors from 2022 to 2023, a new report says, but the median time is still higher in the long run.

The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.

In a Monday special session that went late into the night, the state legislature passed a $66 billion budget that includes a $700 million bonding bill.

The Columbus City Council approved a November ballot measure seeking voter approval for $1.9 billion of triple-A-rated general obligation bonds.

Chicago is facing myriad headwinds. But its GO bond sale last week was oversubscribed and city officials said that allowed them to lower yields in repricing.

Notre Dame College in Ohio faces legal action on at least three fronts after defaulting on bond debt and a swap agreement and allegedly misusing donor funds.

The St. Louis tornadoes came after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mothballed its tracker of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.