- North Dakota
North Dakota lowered revenue expectations for the remainder of the current biennium and predicted lower tax receipts than previously thought for the next.
March 13 - Michigan
Issuers in the Midwest sold $87.2 billion of municipal bonds in 2016, a 23.4% year-over-year increase that was the biggest of any region.
February 14 -
Most of the oil states have gone into recession, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report.
January 24 - Indiana
Midwestern voters delivered mixed results on transportation proposals Tuesday while picking new governors and settling legislative races that stand to impact fiscal decisions in Illinois and Minnesota.
November 9 - Texas
State and local governments and showing a wide variety of impacts from the collapse of the oil market that began two years ago, ratings analysts say.
September 15 - Missouri
The issuers of the Midwest sold $41 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2016, spurred by increased new money issuance, according to Thomson Reuters data.
August 23 -
A $2 billion flood diversion project in North Dakota and Minnesota is the first P3 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
July 13 - North Dakota
Oil price volatility continues to take a toll on bond ratings in Williston, North Dakota, where S & P Global Ratings lowered its rating on $44.5 million of public safety sales tax revenue bonds.
June 1 - North Dakota
Williston, North Dakotas sales tax debt took a six-notch downgrade to junk amid continued oil and price declines.
April 28 -
State budget conditions vary widely as of late fiscal 2016, with the overall picture getting better while states with less diversified economies face significant stress, Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.
April 27