News and Information from Bond Buyer

1/27/2015 1/20/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000s) Illinois 19 $448,574 6 $46,895 $401,679 Indiana 3 50,640 5 150,995 ?100,355 Iowa 4 46,880 5 50,910 ?4,030 Michigan 15 132,395 16 611,560 ?479,165 Minnesota 14 138,144 21 351,260 ?213,116 Missouri 3 33,820 4 50,725 ?16,905 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 North Dakota 2 20,485 2 28,100 ?7,615 Ohio 5 73,010 5 71,490 1,520 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 5 19,710 11 102,475 ?82,765

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A private corporation that sought to build a toll road east of Dallas would lose its power to condemn land through eminent domain under a bill introduced by State Rep. Cindy Burkett.

One day after unveiling a 10-year, $11 billion transportation plan, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton laid out the second major piece of his legislative agenda Tuesday in announcing a $42 billion two-year budget that taps the state's $1 billion surplus to raise education spending.

The Texas Senate's version of a $205.1 billion biennial budget includes $4 billion for tax cuts, despite uncertainty over revenues in a weakening economy.

Squeezing institutional and retail pricing into one day because of an approaching blizzard, the Utah Transit Authority captured record savings on the largest deal in its history.

Indiana will apply for a $170 million TIFIA loan to help cover payments to the private team on the $2.3 billion Ohio River Bridges project.

Wisconsin would divert future growth in income taxes paid by Milwaukee Bucks players and visiting teams to repay $220 million in state appropriation-backed borrowing to help finance a new professional basketball arena under a plan Gov. Scott Walker will include in his new budget.

The Jan. 22 executive order signed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to appoint an emergency management team to oversee Atlantic City's finances is a credit negative for other struggling Garden State municipalities, according to Moody's Investors Service.

A Medicare violation self-reported by the Mendocino Coast Health Care District could delay its efforts to exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy, according to a Standard & Poor's report.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige affirmed his support of Oahu's $6 billion elevated rail project, but added he will be pressing for cost containment on the project in the state of the state speech he delivered Jan. 26.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its long-term rating and underlying rating to AA-minus from A-plus on Hutchinson, Kan.'s general obligation bonds.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposes a $1 trillion transportation bill that would put $75 billion a year into the Highway Trust Fund.

The municipal bond market weathered the East Coast snowstorm with mixed results as Utah Transit Authority's $854 million offering came to market, the $385 million Kentucky issue was still on course to be priced, and Pennsylvania's $1 billion competitive sale was postponed for a week.

It could be a crucial year for Detroit Public Schools as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and a newly created coalition of Detroit leaders take on problems at the long-troubled district.