City of Chicago, IL

Chicago has mollified American Airlines enough for the airline to throw its support behind a new airline lease agreement.

Opposition from one of O'Hare's hub carriers remains a sticking point for the pricey terminal revamp.

Chicago is seeking $4 billion in initial borrowing authority to launch its overhaul of the airport's terminals.

Issuers in the Midwest sold $82.98 billion of debt last year, a 5% drop from 2016.

With the airport's runways updated, Chicago is now aiming to modernize its terminals.

The unfunded pension burden for Chicago, Cook County, and other local funds hit $50 billion in fiscal 2016.

Musk's The Boring Company is one of four firms and teams that responded to the city's request for qualifications.

Chicago has yet to identify to how it will pay for higher future pension funding, but Kroll says the city can manage.

Chicago says no taxpayer funds will go to build a proposed express line between downtown and O'Hare.

The city will see Monday if its retooled sales tax securitization issue is a go with the market.

Chicago plans to jump into the market with next securitization when its "tone" improves.

The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big new issues price in the primary. Buyers will see about $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens this week, with most of the volume coming on Wednesday and Thursday.

A special-purpose corporation is selling nearly $800 million to refund some of the city's lower-rated GOs.

The unfunded liabilities of the funds nearly doubled over the last decade.

After a week that saw few deals come to market, municipal bond traders will see the calendar perk up a bit next week as several issues of size are set to hit the screens.

The municipal bond market next week will continue to see above-average volume, albeit at a much slower pace than this week, as $11.14 billion of deals are on the calendar.

The $575 million deal proved an easy sell to a market hungry for any municipal paper.

Chicago's new borrowing entity brings $575 million of sales tax securitization bonds to market this week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said there would be no taxpayer funding.

A budget without big new tax hikes was an easy sell for Chicago aldermen despite looming pension clouds.