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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Ashlee Gabrysch, formerly senior director at Fitch Ratings, to serve as chief financial officer.

Some public pensions "don't have good regular reporting on where their public equities are," which makes it hard to gauge the extent of the concentration, Equable Executive Director Anthony Randazzo said.

Fitch cited very strong revenue defensibility and the expectation the utility's finacial profile and performance will improve.

Leverage issues led to Fitch lowering the outlook on the AA-minus-rated bonds.

Fitch Ratings upgraded Cook County to AA-plus from AA on Monday, citing the county's moderating long-term liability burden and sustained resource base growth.

Fitch, Moody's, and S&P were sent a letter from 23 GOP state attorneys general over the use of ESG factors related to fossil fuel in negative rating actions.

Fitch Ratings released a draft of climate vulnerability in rating criteria for public finance issuers that earned a thumbs-up from Municipal Market Analytics.

KBRA and Fitch Ratings downgraded Chicago's general obligation bonds to BBB-plus from A-minus on Wednesday, and both kept their rating outlooks at negative.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Nebraska's Regional West Health Services by two notches, lowering its long-term issuer default rating to CCC from B-minus.

Fitch Ratings cited the hospital's growing revenue and other factors in lifting the issuer's outlook.

Fitch cited the system's operating performance and plans for up to $4.2 billion in addional debt.

Fitch cited improved long-term liability metrics.

The rating agency cited stong debt service coverage and modest leverage.

Fitch said the train line's ridership and revenue ramp-up continue to lag projections.

The negative outlook affects about $1.1 billion in combined GO and lease revenue debt, according to Fitch.

Public pension benefit improvements could put credit pressure on states that enact them, the rating agency said this week.

Fitch cited economic and demographic factors in explaining the downgrade.

Fitch also upgraded the city's Georgia Municipal Association certificates of participation (city of Atlanta public safety projects) to AA-plus from AA.

Agency cites growing debt levels and midrange demographic and economic factors.

Long-term liabilities have gone down and revenues have gone up, Fitch said.