- 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.
February 24 -
Ohio Auditor David Yost has declared the city of Maple Heights to be in a state of financial emergency after the Cleveland suburb missed payments on sewer loans in January and showed deficits in its general and debt service funds.
February 20 - Ohio
Ohio Gov. John Kasich unveiled a two-year budget plan Monday that features income tax cuts offset in part with a big increase in taxes paid by the oil and gas producers in the state's burgeoning fracking industry.
February 2 - Ohio
Two veteran Ohio municipal bond traders who started in the business in the 1960s are retiring from Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., which will close its Ohio trading desk with the departures of Bob Perrier and Linda Erlandson.
January 30 - Kentucky
The governors of Kentucky and Ohio plan to lower the $2.6 billion construction cost of the Brent Spence Bridge project in order to move the long-planned, bi-state venture forward.
January 29 -
After a series of downgrades and a federal court fight related to its mounting pension debt, Cincinnati has reached a pension deal that calls for the transfer of $200 million from its retiree health care fund.
December 31 - Ohio
Ohio will kick off the New Year with a pair of borrowings that will total $360 million, as the state is in the midst of a major tax overhaul that analysts warn could derail the state's structural balance.
December 30 - Illinois
Ohio-based American Municipal Power Inc. the largest public owner of the bond-financed Prairie State Energy Campus plans to refund up to $646 million of debt tied to the controversial project that has angered some local municipal participants over its higher energy costs.
December 16 -
Moody's Investors Service has revised Ohio-based Kenyon College's outlook to stable from negative on its A1 rating as the school's stronger performance in fiscal 2014 is expected to continue.
December 15 - Ohio
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is selling $412 million of mostly new-money bonds Tuesday as part of a capital plan to upgrade its sewers to meet federal standards.
December 8