- Iowa
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Iowa-based Algona Municipal Utility's electric revenue bonds by one level to Baa1 over its fiscal struggles.
November 12 - North Dakota
Midwestern voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a handful of finance-related ballot questions and the leadership of eight states, including several where debate over fiscal pressures is taking center stage.
October 31 - Iowa
Moody's Investors Service has raised by one notch its sales tax ratings on three Iowa school districts to reflect an extension of their sales tax base not previously factored into its ratings by Moody's.
September 24 -
The trustee for $6 million of unrated bonds issued for Iowa Wesleyan College will ask a judge to allow it to enter a forbearance agreement with the school ahead of an expected technical default on debt service coverage ratios.
September 17 -
Standard & Poor's on Friday revised its outlook on University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' AA rating to negative from stable over the potential strains of its big capital plans.
September 16 - Missouri
Borrowing by Midwest issuers slid 13.2% for the first half of 2014 but new-money issuance fueled by Chicago and Illinois deals helped boost new-money by 16.8%.
August 12