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Moody's Investors Service downgraded Mercy Health, Ohio's largest not-for-profit healthcare system, to A2 from A1
June 10 - Ohio
Smaller Ohio governments would enjoy easier bond market access at lower costs through a state bond bank, say supporters of legislation that is advancing in the state legislature.
May 24 -
Four port authorities and a wholesale electricity provider are warning that rules proposed by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service earlier this year could hurt their standing as political subdivisions and their ability to issue bonds as well as complicate their governing structures.
May 20 -
East Cleveland, Ohio's pursuit of Chapter 9 bankruptcy shouldn't hurt the city's school district, Moody's Investors Service says.
May 13 - Ohio
Indianapolis-based Umbaugh has named veteran Ohio public finance professional Mark Miller as its director in that state.
May 11 -
East Cleveland, Ohio says it is insolvent and bankruptcy is its best option to preserve essential public services in the city of 18,000, which has no bond debt.
May 6 -
A lawyer facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he violated federal securities laws as part of a pay-to-play scheme to secure Ohio pension business is arguing the commissions charges cannot apply to him and should be dismissed.
April 27 - Ohio
Ohio-based American Municipal Power Inc. will use a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming sale of $137.5 million in tax-exempt project revenue bonds to finance the purchase of an ownership interest in the Greenup Hydroelectric Facility.
April 27 - Ohio
Locke Lord LLP has hired tax specialist Todd Cooper to bolster its 25-member national public finance practice.
April 25 - Ohio
Columbus, Ohio is eyeing a July return to the market to begin borrowing to raise funds for its $866 million fiscal 2017 capital budget.
April 19