- Texas
Three years after entering the Texas market, UMB Bank is expanding its investment banking division with 11 hires from other firms, led by Victor Pucciarelli, former senior vice president for Hilltop Securities.
April 13 - Missouri
The results of bond-related ballot measures in Missouri Tuesday offer mixed credit results, Moodys Investors Service said.
April 8 - Missouri
Kansas City heads into the market Thursday with a $332 million new money and refunding special obligation backed issue.
April 6 - Missouri
St. Louis, its sewer district, and Kansas City scored fiscal victories in elections Tuesday in Missouri, when Ferguson voters rendered a split decision on proposed tax increases.
April 6 -
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is appealing a state court ruling that blocks a portion of a 2015 law aimed at reining in local governments reliance on municipal court fines to fund operations.
March 31 -
Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department will soon seek court approval on a consent agreement that outlines municipal court and policing reforms.
March 16 - Missouri
Voters in the St. Louis region face a series of ballot measures April 5 that stand to profoundly impact their local governments fiscal fortunes.
March 15 -
Ferguson, Mo.s already junk-level rating was placed on review for downgrade because of threats to the city's solvency after it rejected a negotiated consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department for the tactics of its police department.
March 1 - Missouri
The Missouri House intends to restore the $12 million appropriation recently stripped from the states pending fiscal 2017 budget -- that goes to repay its share of debt issued for the St. Louis Rams stadium.
February 24 - Missouri
Moberly, Missouri, which fell to junk-bond status after reneging on an appropriation pledge, inched closer to an investment grade with a two-notch upgrade from Standard & Poor's to BB-minus.
February 23