published Aug 3rd 2017, 4:58 pm, by Alan Bjerga and Dominic Carey (Bloomberg) —Ready to quit the city, buy a farm and live out your rural fantasy? Bargains can be found in South Dakota, but you better move quickly in California, which is getting pricey. Average farmland values nationwide have

published Jun 1st 2017, 11:40 am, by Elizabeth Campbell (Bloomberg) —Illinois had its bond rating downgraded to one step above junk by S&P Global Ratings, the lowest grade that it’s given to a U.S. state on record, as a long-running political stalemate over a budget shows no signs of ending.