SAN FRANCISCO (Standard&Poor's) July 8, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'AA' rating to Wisconsin's $254.8 million general obligation (GO) bonds of 2014 series B. In addition, we affirmed our 'AA' rating on the state's approximately $8.03 billion in existing GO debt. We also affirmed our 'AA-' rating on the state's $3.36 billion in existing appropriation bonds and master lease certificates of participation, as well as our 'A' rating on the state's moral obligation-backed debt. The outlook on all ratings, where applicable, is stable. "The state's fiscal position coming into fiscal 2014 was stronger than it had been in recent history," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Gabriel Petek. "The state's recently enacted tax reductions reduce its
