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The city in Kansas will issue sales tax and revenue bonds to subsidize about half the cost of an $80 million minor-league baseball stadium.
November 8 -
Structural differences insulated Chicago bonds from the worst of the impacts of S&P's new criteria while dragging down the rating of Build Illinois debt.
November 6 -
School vouchers in Arizona and bond measures in Colorado are among the fiscal ballot measures Southwest voters will decide Tuesday.
November 5 -
S&P Global Ratings cut Build Illinois bonds after changing its criteria; the downgrade mirrors a Fitch Ratings action in May.
October 31 -
The backloaded maturity schedule of the debt brings comparisons to the city's supposedly abandoned "scoop-and-toss" practices.
October 29 -
A new law takes effect Nov. 1 to allow New Jersey to collect sales tax on products shipped from out of state in the wake of the Supreme Court's Wayfair ruling.
October 19 -
Bids were plentiful on the competitive deals but spreads were higher in the wake of two downgrades.
October 17 -
The Build Illinois bonds still carry single-A to double-A ratings, even after rating cuts tied to the state's overall fiscal woes.
October 11 -
More than 100 local governments around the state will ask their voters to approve tax measures in November.
October 11 -
Opponents say passage of Amendment 5 in November would threaten Florida’s ability to fund state priorities and its triple-A ratings.
October 3