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UChicago's Center for Municipal Finance eyes expansion (opens the original)
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The Center for Municipal Finance keeps research at the center of its work, but has expanded its mission as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary with further growth on its agenda. The center began searching for an executive director a month ago, and its leaders hope the eventual new hire will free up bandwidth for expansion. The center, at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, provides research, training and outreach on state and local governments' public money decisions. T
Impact of Midwest property tax breaks begins to sink in (opens the original)
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Recent property tax reforms in Indiana and Missouri are starting to impact school districts and local governments there, with one Missouri municipality facing a revenue shortfall that will affect its bond issue. In Missouri, where voters in August defeated a push to end the state income tax, a law permitting counties to enact a senior property tax freeze, passed in 2023 and updated in 2024, has started to hit local governments. Glendale, a city with a population of 6,176 about 13 miles southwest
Illinois bill would strengthen cybersecurity rules for water utilities (opens the original)
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Illinois lawmakers are hammering out legislation to increase cybersecurity protections for local water utilities, an effort that comes in the wake of coordinated cyberattacks that struck municipal water systems across the country this summer. The bill, HB 3576, would require public water utilities to have cybersecurity insurance policies, to conform to industry-recognized cybersecurity frameworks, and to submit compliance, annual status and cybersecurity incident reports. The bill is currently w
Chicago's spreads widen ahead of refinancing (opens the original)
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Chicago's spreads have widened ahead of a refinancing next week and a new money deal next month, suggesting the market may be pricing in a downgrade before any of the rating agencies have taken that step, analysts said. "Chicago can't do anything about the general movement in bond markets," said Stuart Loren, managing director at Fort Sheridan Advisors, a wealth management and investment advisory firm in Highland Park, Illinois. But "the market is pricing us right now as if we're in sub-investme
As AI spreads, Midwest's summer cyberattacks may be just the beginning (opens the original)
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Cyberattacks increasingly threaten capital-strapped communities across the Midwest, with threat actors using artificial intelligence to increase the speed and sophistication of their hacking campaigns. In Middletown, Ohio, a cyberattack this summer left water customers unable to pay their bills. In Michigan and Minnesota, coordinated cyberattacks in July impacted dozens of municipal water systems. Also in July, Rapid City, South Dakota's municipal wastewater system faced a denial of service atta
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