Midwest

CHICAGO — The Michigan Finance Authority plans to enter the market Thursday to sell $198 million of one-year notes on behalf of the Detroit Public Schools.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Public Schools on Monday proposed a $6.4 billion budget for the next year that includes $600 million of bonds and would drain the district’s $190 million fund balance to help erase $370 million of red ink.

CHICAGO — The Ohio Water Development Authority will price $451 million of triple-A rated water pollution control bonds Thursday, the bulk of which will be taxable Build America Bonds.

CHICAGO — Moody’s Investors Service presented Chicago with a second dose of negative rating news Friday when it downgraded the city’s general obligation credit one level to Aa3 due to concerns about its 2011 budget deficit and evaporating financial reserves.

CHICAGO — After years of credit ­stability, Chicago saw Fitch Ratings drop its general obligation rating Thursday to AA from AA-plus due to the weakening fiscal position of a city struggling with rising labor costs, lackluster revenue ­collections, and a burdensome unfunded pension ­liability.

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley renewed his pledge Wednesday not to raise property taxes, but warned that the city may be forced to cut some services as it grapples with a record $654.7 million of red ink in the next budget.

CHICAGO — Michigan voters approved a slew of local borrowing and millage-increase proposals in Tuesday’s primary election, supporting a range of capital projects and funding transportation, library, and public safety budgets.

CHICAGO — Moody’s Investors Service this week lowered Kimberly Area School District’s general obligation debt one notch to Aa3, making it the third district to suffer a downgrade after reneging on a moral obligation pledge to repay asset-backed notes issued by their non-pension retiree health care trusts.

CHICAGO — Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded more than $220 million of general airport revenue bonds issued for Kansas City International Airport by one notch due to a decline in debt-service coverage ratios and increased exposure to non-airline related revenues.

CHICAGO — Branson Airport LLC dipped into reserves to cover its July 1 debt-service payment on $113 million of unrated tax-exempt bonds as it struggles to meet traffic projections for the privately built and operated Missouri facility.