Midwest

The city of Flint, Mich. has asked Gov. Rick Snyder for $30 million to tackle contamination in its water supply, which has been a problem since the city broke off from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

As it prepares to sell bonds, the Wayne County Airport Authority, which runs Detroit’s airport, is highlighting its legal and political separations from its struggling home county, which is in the midst of a financial emergency.

The Illinois Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority will learn Wednesday the cost of the downgrades it absorbed thanks to the state's budget impasse when it sells $223 million of securities.

Wayne County, Mich. Executive Warren Evans on Sept. 10 issued his first order under the county’s newly inked consent agreement with the state.

The Illinois Finance Authority board advanced nearly $400 million of new borrowing plans at its meeting Thursday in deals that highlight the popularity of direct placements.

Illinois-based College of DuPage fired its top two fiscal managers – treasurer Thomas Glaser and controller Lynn Sapyta – accusing the two of violating school investment practices and other internal rules.

The Illinois attorney general won't ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the the Illinois Supreme Court’s voiding of the state’s 2013 pension reform legislation.

Illinois’ cash flow position grows more dire by the day with the state on pace to rack up an $8.5 billion bill backlog by the start of the new year, Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger warned Wednesday.

A statutory lien may not be enough for investors in light of the severe financial stress facing Detroit Public Schools, investors say.

Services are scheduled this weekend for Jerry B. Wallack, a prominent Chicago-based public finance lawyer who died suddenly Sept. 4. He was 63.