Midwest

Trinity Health this month prices its first significant bond deals since it merged with Catholic Health East in 2013, with three transactions totaling $1.45 billion including its first taxable deal.

The Chicago Transit Authority struck a $32.5 million deal with four telecommunications companies to finance the upgrade of wireless phone service in the authority’s subway system to a 4G network.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich unveiled a two-year budget plan Monday that features income tax cuts offset in part with a big increase in taxes paid by the oil and gas producers in the state's burgeoning fracking industry.

The Chicago Transit Authority received AA-minus and A-plus ratings on its planned $120 million TIFIA loan for the renovation of a major rail transit line.

Two veteran Ohio municipal bond traders who started in the business in the 1960s are retiring from Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., which will close its Ohio trading desk with the departures of Bob Perrier and Linda Erlandson.

Wisconsin is offering up more than $500 million of general obligation paper in the coming weeks, first in a $280 million new money issue selling Tuesday and then in a $260 million refunding slated for later in February.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top infrastructure priorities if re-elected to a second term are safe and efficient transit options, expanding access to parks and recreational areas, and creating more anchors for economic growth in city neighborhoods.

Standard & Poor's put a local Indiana school district on negative watch after it missed two payments due in January on bond issues.

Legislation raising Iowa's gasoline tax by as much as 10 cents to bolster state transportation spending is being prepared with several key lawmakers saying the bill stands a good chance due to mounting bipartisan support for action.

The governors of Kentucky and Ohio plan to lower the $2.6 billion construction cost of the Brent Spence Bridge project in order to move the long-planned, bi-state venture forward.