Court cases

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has denounced the Cornyn bill.

Cook County can begin collecting a beverage tax that is expected to generate $200 million annually.

Illinois made $740 million in Medicaid-related payments this week.

Detroit approved $34.5 million in borrowing to finance the Detroit Pistons' move back to the city.

Federal prosecutors have asked Miami-Dade County to provide records of all affordable housing projects funded through a $137 million bond program that helps finance rental apartments for low-income people, according to a wide-ranging subpoena obtained Friday by the Miami Herald.

WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury released a highly critical report Tuesday deriding the Pajaro Valley Unified School District's use of Measure L funds and describing the Citizens' Oversight Committee as "mostly ineffective."

A judge's ruling put more pressure on Illinois by supporting Medicaid providers.

Illinois asked a judge to put off the effective date of a possible court order elevating Medicaid over other payment obligations.

Illinois is trying to block efforts to put Medicaid providers on par with debt service payments.