Trends in the Regions

Ohio legislators plan to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would put a $2.5 billion general obligation bond measure on statewide ballots May 6.

Governments once stayed for decades in the state program for distressed municipalites; one official called it a "roach motel." Today, only three towns remain.

Border cities like San Diego have obvious concerns about the impact of a trade war, but the ripples would extend into the South and Midwest, analysts say.

Brad Briner said the state may need to issue short-term debt in the near future to pay for Hurricane Helene expenses.

Wednesday marks the 10-year anniversary of Detroit's exit from bankruptcy. Its Chapter 9 declaration in 2013 was the largest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S.

A circuit court judge earlier this year struck down the law prohibiting state and local government contracts with firms "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

Connecticut is poised to ramp up transportation borrowing, after years of consistently issuing less debt than it had the capacity and authority to sell.

California's IBank has partnered with an insurer and fire resilience fund to pay for fire resilience programs.

Nonprofit Provident Resources Group is buying a five-year old student housing building that serves the University of Central Florida and Valencia College.

Some Midwest states, notably Michigan and Ohio, dipped well below a national average that saw roughly two of every three school bond measures approved in November.

The session, which begins Jan. 14 with a more-conservative Republican majority, could bring additional anti-ESG and DEI legislation.

A bankrupt city's only asset is mired in its history of corruption and a statewide fight over utilities privatization.

A complex refinancing continues Chicago's break from past scoop-and-toss deals but front-loads savings to help balance its budget.

The county achieved its many goals through long-running discipline, planning, and intelligent risk taking.

The use of extendable commercial paper, a first by an airport, provided DFW interim financing for its capital program without the need for bank liquidity.

"It became apparent that building this new critical care, advanced care bed tower was a strategic imperative," said John Morgan, interim CFO at WMCHealth.

The prepaid electricity bond deal issued by the California Community Choice Financing Authority for the Clean Power Allliance was record-setting in size.

Skeptical lawmakers, a new administration in Baton Rouge, and construction change orders all meant repeated delays in commercial close of the P3.

The University of Chicago embarked on the Illinois Finance Authority's largest financing ever to transform its capital structure and fund major projects.

The projects funded by the deal align with the city of Alexandria's goal to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.