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Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to positive on Moberly, Missouris B issuer credit rating in the city's first good rating news since the sucralose factory debacle that cost it investment-grade ratings.
March 2 - Missouri
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon named aide John Watson Friday to temporarily serve as state auditor following the suicide of Tom Schweich.
March 2 - Illinois
Municipal bond borrowing by Midwestern issuers picked up steam last year, rising by 6.9% to $63.5 billion as issuers loosened the reins a bit on new money borrowing and refundings recorded double-digit gains thanks to favorable interest rates.
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Stifel Financial Corp. reportedly is in talks to buy Sterne Agee Group Inc., continuing an acquisition spree that's vaulted the St. Louis based brokerage and investment banking firm into the top 10 among municipal underwriters.
February 20 -
Ascension Health's sale of two Kansas City, Missouri area hospitals to a for-profit was cleared after Ascension agreed to set aside $20 million in sale proceeds to fund acute indigent medical care, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said.
February 13 - Missouri
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday announced agreements that would help pave the way for the future construction of a new St. Louis Rams football stadium at a site just north of downtown St. Louis.
February 12 -
The Missouri Senate will vote Thursday on legislation tightening limits on how much local governments can rely on court-related fines to prop up their operating budgets.
February 11 -
Missouri will soon be in the market for a new transportation leader following the announcement that Department of Transportation Director Dave Nichols plans to retire May 1.
February 6 - Missouri
Triple-A Missouri would issue its first new money general obligation paper in eight years under Gov. Jay Nixon's proposal to tap $70 million in voter approved bonding authority to finance water system projects.
February 6 - Missouri
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon unveiled a fiscal 2016 budget that begins drawing on existing bonding authority to fund more than $300 million in projects at state facilities and public higher education institutions as the new legislative session kicks into high gear.
January 22