Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Palos Health are the latest Midwest systems exploring a merger.

With convention and hotel taxes plummeting, Lexington is financing up to three years of debt service to avoid default and backing the deal with a GO pledge.

Northwest suburban Chicago-based Northwest Community Healthcare is joining the NorthShore University which operates five hospitals in the northern sububs and Chicago.

Bond analyst Joseph Krist examines the types of debt most vulnerable to the coronavirus hit. He also discusses the Federal Reserve's Municipal Lending Facility. Recorded June 10. Paul Burton hosts.

The new system would hold a commanding presence in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin with $17 billion of revenues and 100,000 employees.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva last month introduced a bill to amend the 2016 Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

Oppenheimer will have its work cut out for it with the aim of being a major player in California's municipal banking business.

The collapse of the mergers comes as the not-for-profit healthcare sector confronts direct and indirect challenges drive by COVID-19.

Debt restructuring options as the transit agency navigates through the coronavirus crisis include refundings for savings or to push out debt, according to Robert Foran.

The March losses underscore the fiscal strains for hospitals but many facilities are expected soon to resume elective surgeries and diagnostic procedures.