Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has raised its underlying rating on Morton Road Municipal Utility District, Texas' debt to A-minus from BBB-plus.
The outlook is stable.
"The upgrade is based on the MUD's moderating overall debt burden, which could decrease further due to the district's advanced development, which should limit future debt issuances," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Alexander Rawlings.
Chicago made the second half of its supplemental pension payment, fulfilling a budgetary pledge and assuaging concerns of aldermen and rating agencies.
Market participants broadly expected a rate hike, but the FOMC statement and press conference both rang more hawkish than what the markets probably anticipated, said Chris Brigati, managing director and CIO at SWBC.
A U.S. Appeals Court for the Tenth Circuit ruling vacated a lower court's permanent injunction against a project to expand the Gross Reservoir.
Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to stable from negative on the Corpus Christi utility and S&P removed it from CreditWatch with negative implications.
With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding sunsetting at the end of the month, the American Public Transportation Association is staging a fly-in to lobby for advance appropriations.
Chicago will be a regional water supplier, and its water could draw the next Great Migration, Department of Water Management Commissioner Randy Conner said.
