Midwest

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health finalized their merger Friday.

The state will use surplus revenues to pay off the remaining $1.36 billion balance and will loan the trust another $450 million to bolster its health with repayment going toward the state's budget stabilization fund.

University of Chicago Medicine and City of Hope are borrowing through the IFA for acquisitions that expand their footprint

St. Louis will receive $250 million and St. Louis County gets $169 million under a deal to distribute the $790 million legal settlement with the National Football League Rams over its 2016 move to California.

The Nov. 8th ballot in Midwest states was crowded with bond, governance, and policy questions.

Fitch and S&P downgraded the city as it grapples with rising costs, limited revenue prospects and a looming pension funding spike.

Chicago's Sales Tax Securitization Corp. will sell $150 million of social bonds next month in the city's first ESG-labeled deal.

The merger talks between South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health are the not-for-profit sector's latest consolidation attempt.

Illinois raised its fiscal 2023 revenue estimates by $3.69 billion, giving Gov. J.B. Pritzker enough to propose doubling the state's $1 billion rainy day fund.

If it passes legal muster, Wisconsin counties will decide whether to participate in what would likely be the first securitization of opioid settlement payments.