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Municipal Bond Credit Report: New reports from rating agencies shine unwelcome light on Chicago’s and Illinois’ “outlier” status on pension debts and the growing risks of heat-related climate change on…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: California Treasurer Fiona Ma asked public finance professionals to reach out to her office with creative financing ideas to help the state solve its social problems…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A Los Angeles County school district, its superintendent and its chief business officer were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors in the…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Wayne County, Michigan, received a one-notch upgrade from Moody’s investors Service, moving it higher into investment grade four years after the county faced a financial crisis……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Free college tuition to state residents will stimulate New Mexico’s economy while equalizing opportunity in the nation’s second-poorest state, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A Kentucky Supreme Court ruling preventing a quasi-governmental agency from leaving the state-run pension system is credit positive, Moody’s Investors Service said… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Significant improvement in Louisiana’s financial position led Moody’s Investors Service to change its outlook to positive from stable, a move that could trigger a rating upgrade…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors that began Monday poses a greater credit threat to Michigan and its local governments than to other states,…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Milwaukee heads into the market next month to borrow on behalf of its public school district after being stung by its second downgrade this year… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport now has three single-A ratings to boost its credit appeal as it looks to refinance debt and bonds under a new master…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A suburban Chicago school district stung by federal regulatory and criminal probes over a former superintendent’s misuse of bond proceeds won back its investment grade rating……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Michigan is backing off its hard-line stance of demanding a struggling public school district close its high school… Link to Story