Midwest

Voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County last week passed Proposition P, a sales tax increase to help fund trail and park improvements and renovations to the Gateway Arch.

A lawsuit challenging the appointment of new Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has been dropped.

Michigan budget director John Nixon said the positive ratings actions from rating agencies last week were the "culmination of two years' work."

The city of Fort Wayne, Ind. said it would be able to reduce future sewer rate increases as a result of saving $3 million in a late-2012 refunding of $29 million of sewer debt.

Edward Hospital & Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare formally decided to merge to create one system with more than $1 billion in annual revenues.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a $750 million capital bonding package Monday that provides funds for infrastructure projects across the state.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission Monday tapped Citi as the senior manager on $1.5 billion of bonds backed by a new pledge of Ohio Turnpike revenues.

The Chicago Infrastructure Trust received responses from 13 financial firms or groups in its first solicitation of private market interest in funding up to $100 million of energy efficiency upgrades to city facilities and schools.

Two Minnesota lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next week that would delay any state bond issuance for the new $975 million Minnesota Vikings professional football stadium until a stable revenue source is put in place that can support repayment.

Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mike Pence will begin negotiations on a final $30 billion, two-year budget this week with the deadline of hammering out a final spending plan by the end of the month.