City of Chicago, IL

Chicago is accepting request for qualification submissions to supplement the members of its existing pools.

The city will sell them this year if Rahm Emanuel's administration decides to move forward.

Short term gains would be overshadowed by long-term risks, according to Municipal Market Analytics.

Bond investors had mixed reactions to the city's announcement that it is exploring a pension bond deal.

Securitization or pension obligation bonds are options for the city.

Moody's shifted the outlook on RTA and CTA's $5 billion of debt as Chicago and Illinois outlooks stabilize

CFO Carole Brown says the Windy City is being shortchanged in terms of ratings and yields.

Moody's revised the outlook on $3 billion of Chicago parks, water and sewer bonds to stable.

Chicago's 2017 CAFR offers deep dive into Chicago's fiscal gains and deeper strains.

CPS inches up speculative grade credit ladder, which in turn helps garner Chicago a stable outlook.

Roosevelt University said its goal is to balance the budget by fiscal 2020.

The water and wastewater deals will finance upgrades of the two systems.

The department's chief procurement officer, Jamie Rhee, will replace Ginger Evans.

Last week Mayor Rahm Emanuel selected billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's The Boring Co. to build tunnels that autonomous vehicles would zoom through at speeds over 100 mph to transport riders between the Loop and O'Hare International Airport.

The city isn't risking its money, only that Elon Musk won't deliver on his promises for an airport transit line.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration and The Boring Company will begin contract negotiations on a high-speed tunnel system.

An overhaul trimmed $7 billion from the fund's pension liability, but an $11.7 billion liability remains.

Water, wastewater, and securitization deals, and possibly an O'Hare airport sale, are still to come from Chicago this year.

A banking industry official warned aldermen that some institutions would cut ties to the city if it enacted such an ordinance.

Fitch said Chicago's modernization plans may not protect O'Hare against rating pressures as debt levels swell.