Bond ratings

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%.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget proposal would push some state costs onto schools and universities

Gov. John Bel Edwards called a special session for Feb. 19 in attempt to end a partisan stalemate that has stymied fiscal reform efforts for two years.

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

Moody's placed $975 million of the university's long-term debt on review for downgrade.