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The No Place Like Home bonds, backed by a long-standing income tax surcharge, fund supportive housing for homeless people with mental health issues.
October 22 -
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Initiative 976, which would have cut car registration fees, would also required Sound Transit “to retire, defease, or refinance bonds”
October 15 -
Matthew Garrett will develop a strategic recovery plan designed to consider the needs of all impacted Oregon communities.
October 14 -
Disney in late September said it would lay off 28,000 employees at California's Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World resorts.
October 8 -
A Washington utility's ratings will survive Boeing's decision to move 787 production to South Carolina, but local economy may not be so lucky.
October 2 -
Recent orders from the California Supreme Court in public pension cases indicate litigation on the matter has not ended.
September 28 -
The firm hired seven new senior-level bankers in its fixed income division.
September 24 -
Talent, Oregon, was in the path of destruction created by the Almeda Fire in a 13-mile corridor between Ashland and Medford.
September 22 -
Proposition 15 would detach commercial real estate from California's cap on property assessment increases.
September 18 -
The governors in Oregon and California point out that climate change has exacerbated the conditions that start and accelerate wildfires.
September 15 -
The pandemic's effect on the economy and learning, along with what may be growing voter antipathy, are cited for the dearth of November bond measures.
September 10 -
Johnsen, 67, had served as a board member of the National Association of Municipal Advisors. He retired in 2018 as a principal of Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates.
September 4 -
The California Housing Finance Agency made its first use of a program that enables it to issue bonds beyond its yearly private activity bond cap.
August 31 -
Municipal issuers in the Far West sold $38.7 billion in bonds during the first six months of 2020, 8.8% more than they did the year before.
August 27 -
As teachers in some states return to classrooms, pension actuaries weigh the impact that the coronavirus could have on pension funds
August 17 -
The California Supreme Court ruled July 25 in a pension spiking case with ramifications for the state's ironclad pension legal doctrine.
August 7 -
Small businesses make up 98% of businesses in the city, and its coffers have taken a huge hit during the pandemic.
August 5 -
More will be clear once the state gets a full tally of receipts from the July 15 tax deadline, but a rocky road lies ahead in any case.
July 23 -
UMB plans to focus on higher education with its initial thrust into advisory services.
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