Midwest

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is ending his first year in office, said last week that eliminating the business personal property tax will be one of his top legislative priorities in 2014.

A public-private partnership at the airport in Gary, Ind. will drive $100 million of investment over the next 40 years, the airport announced Monday.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel named Daniel Widawsky to serve as comptroller, replacing Amer Ahmad, who faces corruption charges stemming from his previous tenure in the Ohio Treasurer’s office.

The Federal Transit Administration said it would give Cincinnati until Dec. 19 to reverse a recent decision to halt a controversial streetcar project or it would pull federal funding.

The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy approved a plan for the city to issue $60 million of bonds to finance repairs to its public lighting system.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed the sweeping overhaul of the state's pension system into law on Thursday, calling it a "serious solution to address the most dire fiscal challenge of our time." The legislation will soon face a legal challenge from unions.

The Indiana Finance Authority won The Bond Buyer's 12th annual Deal of the Year award for its Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes has released the written opinion supporting his determination that Detroit is eligible to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

It is not time to panic despite the struggle of Detroit bondholders to regain their money, representatives of the four largest bond rating agencies told state treasurers Thursday.

The Senate Finance Committee's top Republican said Wednesday that the bankruptcy judge's ruling Tuesday that Detroit's public pension funds could be subject to cuts is a wakeup call for Congress to consider his pension bill.