KBRA Assigns AA+ Rating and Stable Outlook to Bi-State Development Agency Combined Lien Mass Transit Sales Tax Appropriation Refunding Bonds, Series 2020

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigned a long-term rating of AA+ with a Stable Outlook to the Bi-State Development Agency of the MO-IL Metropolitan District Combined Lien Mass Transit Sales Tax Appropriation Refunding Bonds, Series 2020.

Concurrently, KBRA assigned a long-term rating of AA+ with a Stable Outlook to the Bi-State Development Agency of the MO-IL Metropolitan District’s outstanding Combined Lien Mass Transit Sales Tax Appropriation Bonds.

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