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Illinois’s plan to chip away at its $9 billion bill backlog with a $2.5 billion bond sale is earning praise from investors, who view the move as a sign lawmakers are taking steps to repair state finances.
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New Jersey, California and Florida are among states that may face credit-rating or outlook cuts as tax receipts trail budget projections, raising pressure to trim spending, Moody’s Investors Service said.
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Alfred Brittain III, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Bankers Trust New York Corp. who raised profits by exiting retail banking to focus on lending to companies and other banks, has died. He was 88.
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Ohio’s record liquor profits are set to increase demand for $1.5 billion of bonds to fund the private entity Governor John Kasich created to spur job growth, even as unresolved litigation hangs over the deal.
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The Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether a nonprofit group is eligible to challenge the use of state liquor profits to fund a private economic-development program backed by Governor John Kasich.
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Michigan’s “radical reform” 14 years ago to rescue its retirement system by placing newly hired workers in a 401(k) program may show struggling states the way back from the worst pension crisis ever.
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Illinois debt is close to the strongest in two years even after state lawmakers failed for the second time since August to fix the nation’s worst-funded pension system.
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Illinois, which shares the worst state credit rating with California, is draining its pension funds as candidates for governor promote plans that would cover less than a quarter of a record budget gap.
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The Illinois Legislature will shore up the state’s underfunded pension system when it meets after the November elections, having failed to do so in August, the head of a Chicago-based watchdog group predicted.
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Illinois , facing the worst financial crisis in its history, received a negative outlook on $25 billion of general obligation bonds from Moody’s Investors Service after failing to address a deficit that almost tripled in one year.
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