General obligation bonds

Illinois spreads widened as investor confidence waned that the state can resolve its budget deadlock.

Connecticut-based insurance behemoth Aetna confirmed relocation talks with other states.

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

Chicago's school board advanced plans to sell $900 million of short-and-long term debt.

California school districts are still waiting for the windfall from November's bond elections.

Bankruptcies and defaults have taught the market that General Obligation bonds, once the bedrock credits, aren't all the same.

Hartford, Conn.’s latest downgrade shows Connecticut must help the city avert bankruptcy, said Mayor Luke Bronin.

Gov. Dannel Malloy presented a new Connecticut budget as two rating agencies downgraded the state.

A Dallas school bus agency fell to a junk bond rating as a potential default neared.

Maine's governor and treasurer reached an accord to enable a June transaction to proceed.