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Moody's lifted Illinois one notch to Baa1, marking the state's third rating upgrade over the last year and first since lawmakers passed a state budget.
April 21 -
A taxable bond issue will raise $3.4 billion for extraordinary costs incurred by natural gas utilities during deadly Winter Storm Uri that hit Texas in 2021.
April 18 -
Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to stable from negative on the state's A-plus rating, two weeks after the state received a positive outlook from S&P.
April 14 -
The state’s personal income tax revenue and sales tax revenue bonds were also lifted from Aa2. Related credits were also upgraded. The rating outlook is stable.
April 13 -
High gas prices usually have the biggest effect on leisure travel because drivers take fewer or shorter trips, Fitch Ratings says.
April 13 -
The Fitch Ratings upgrade to A-plus applies to $80 million in debt issued for the University of Portland in Oregon.
April 12 -
The underwriters filed a defense to the court earlier this month and analysts are skeptical of MBIA’s chances of prevailing.
April 12 -
Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read called off a lottery bond sale planned in 2020 after lottery revenues cratered because of pandemic-related business closures.
April 7 -
Montebello Unified priced a $12.2 million tax-exempt refunding, but didn't execute a planned taxable tranche.
April 4 -
Firms remain uncertain about how state laws that apply litmus tests for banks and others seeking contracts with governmental entities impact them.
April 4