Economy

Fitch Ratings cut Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Imperial County to BB from BBB-minus.

Florida TaxWatch and environmentalists are urging Florida lawmakers to stop planning for the Suncoast Connector and others before millions are spent.

Hilltop was fined a total of $475,000, with $100,000 pertaining to violations of municipal securities rules.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye called mass transit "the circulatory system of the nation."

As the coronavirus infections rise in parts of the nation, the economy is suffering.

The order also creates a chief diversity officer in all city agencies to help with the efforts.

With rates at zero lower bound, and staying there, analysts are focusing on the post-meeting statement.

Major deals that produced record savings have enhanced the firm's credentials among municipal bond senior managers in Texas.

The next stimulus package will help municipalities and those who are struggling the most, but won't be as generous as the first package, economists predict.

Initial jobless claims increased for the first time since March, causing some to worry about the economic recovery.

Hospitals margins could sink to unsustainable negative levels in the last half of the year, according to forecasts.

Even with more federal rescue aid, which is hardly a given, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may have to resort to deficit borrowing.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

The commission approved the borrowing amid projections of a $153 million budget shortfall for fiscal 2020 due to COVID-19.

Fitch downgraded the Ohio-based system to BBB-minus, leaving its rating at the lowest investment grade, matching ProMedica's Moody's rating.

VRDO reset rates in California consistently were too high to be justified, a new filing contends.

Both the American Hospital Association and the American Council on Education had urged the Fed to offer nonprofits a lower borrowing rate.

The shroud of uncertainty surrounding further COVID-19 federal rescue aid has many public transit agencies and advocates antsy.