Midwest

Illinois' nearly exhausted $1 billion of GO bonding authority for existing pension buyout programs would get a $1 billion infusion under pending legislation.

Michigan's flagship public university's enjoys a healthy and diverse balance sheet but the scandal's taint poses other challenges.

The fiscally stressed Chicago suburb offered terms, including a 20-year maturity extension for a possible bond exchange, as it looks to restructure debt.

Skokie held on to its double-A tier ratings as it preps a pension obligation bond issue to bring its public safety pension funding ratios to 90%.

Revenue projections are higher but the good news comes with a warning that the state must proceed cautiously when spending one-time infusions of cash.

The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools sold $872 million of new-money and refunding bonds into a rockier market for high-yield paper Thursday.

COVID-19 hit the Lombard, Illinois, Westin hotel and conference center hard, knocking repayment of bonds restructured in a 2018 bankruptcy off track.

The financing will help pay for upgrades that will keep the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field through 2036.

Chicago Public Schools returns to the market after resolving a union dispute that shuttered schools amid the spreading omicron COVID-19 variant.

The number of hospital mergers and acquisitions dropped last year and the pandemic and federal government's actions may influence the 2022 picture