Bond ratings

The school district is relying on referendum in November to support a funding plan.

The proposed city of Eagles Landing would take the heart out of the city of Stockbridge, Georgia, with no apparent accommodation for its outstanding debt.

Uncertainty around the Delta water tunnel project underscores the challenges faced by the state’s utilities.

U.S. cities are on the front line of defense when responding to climate disasters, according to a new report from Kroll.

The Georgia Legislature’s plan to cut the city of Stockbridge in half, without its consent, brought warnings of litigation from bondholders and potential damage to the state's triple-A rating.

Even after Hurricane Harvey and the threat of a trade war, local governments in Texas are enjoying a surge in sales taxes as they cope with population growth.

Illinois spreads are rising as the state plots its first sale of 2018 for May.

Moody's threw cold water on Chicago's position that O'Hare's ratings can withstand new terminal debt.

Improved budgeting and fiscal monitoring boosted New York’s fourth largest township out of junk status.

The county's Moody's rating reached A territory for the first time in almost six years.

Moody's assigned a negative outlook to Guam's issuer rating and Guam Waterworks Authority bonds.

With lawmakers failing to address a $1 billion budget deficit, S&P said “uncertainty about fiscal 2019 now looms over Louisiana.”

College of DuPage's accreditation is no longer on probation.

Steep enrollment declines sunk Sage College in Albany, N.Y. to Moody's Caa1 rating.

While Gov. Dannel Malloy and lawmakers study recommendations from a state panel, Nuveen warned that the state’s bond rating could plummet further.

After failing to approve new revenue in a special session, lawmakers now must pass a fiscal 2019 budget without enough revenue to fund state priorities.

Pittsburgh, whose bonds were junk in 2003, has become a national model for urban rejuvenation.

Improved reserves led Moody's to raise the county one notch to A3.

Growing revenue challenges coupled with a “very weak” economy led S&P Global Ratings to drop the city two-notches to BB-plus.

The average funded ratio of suburban and downstate Illinois public safety funds is 51%.