Midwest

The financial advisory firm is adding to its fold a specialty firm that focuses on aiding the hospital sector on clinical documentation, revenue cycle, hospital operations, and technology.

Seven states formed the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition to collaborate on promoting hydrogen-based energy production, use and distribution.

In both Michigan and Wisconsin, school districts are seeking about $2 billion of either bonding capacity or revenue raising authority.

The healthcare chain won breathing room as its letter of credit provider waived a rating covenant and removed an event of default provision for junk downgrades.

The once-barren budget stabilization fund now tops $1 billion but it's meager compared to the cushion built up by other states.

Detroit revised its general fund estimates upward for the current fiscal year at its latest estimating conference Monday.

Fitch raised Wayne County's rating to A from BBB-plus, putting its fiscal distress further in the rearview mirror following a round of upgrades this year.

The state will hold an in-person and remote investor meeting Sept. 21 before heading into the market the following week.

The upgrade "reflects material strengthening of the state's financial resilience and budget management, particularly over the past two biennia," the rating agency said.

The bridge loan program announced in July will spare suburban taxing bodies from having to issue tax anticipation notes to bridge a months-long delay in property tax bills going out