Keeley Webster has covered the Bond Buyer's nine-state West Coast region for more than a decade. Prior to The Bond Buyer, she wrote about commercial real estate for the award-winning California Real Estate Journal until the paper folded. She moved into business reporting in 2000, but has covered politics, cops, courts, education and environmental issues for newspapers in seven different states. She has won several awards for her work, including an Associated Press award for in-depth reporting.
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The airport's first new money foray into the muni market in nearly 12 years will begin to fund a $1.3 billion transformation plan.
September 20 -
A coastal Oregon tribe sued the federal government to slow the issuance of two offshore wind leases.
September 17 -
California's state government typically pushes out billions of dollars of debt from August to November. This year there may be a shift in buy side sentiment.
September 13 -
Robin Prunty, who retired Aug. 31 as S&P's chief analytical officer for governments, took on a role on its U.S. board the next day.
September 11 -
The group, which has grown to more than 100 individuals since its inception in 2019, will host an event featuring Connecticut Treasurer, Erick Russell.
September 9 -
The good, the bad and the ugly for two of California's major cities when they sell debt in current market conditions.
September 6 -
The state agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit against Treasurer Fiona Ma.
September 3 -
LINXS, the private developer consortium, and Los Angeles World Airports struck an agreement on a timeline for completion of the people mover project, pushing Fitch Ratings' outlook higher.
August 30 -
The East County AWP Joint Powers Authority plans to construct a water reclamation project using the debt.
August 27 -
In this episode, Howard Cure, Director of Municipal Bond Research at Evercore Wealth Management, discusses the improving state of public pensions, the ongoing challenges faced by states like New Jersey and Illinois, and the risks associated with pension obligation bonds.
August 20
