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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Infrastructure, housing and recovery efforts from the deadly Maui wildfires in August were a focal point of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green's State of the State speech.
January 24 -
A California Department of Water Resources spokeswoman said the department is considering an appeal of the Superior Court judge's decision.
January 22 -
VTA's auditor general dinged project managers for misleading communications and a "breach of transparency" regarding cost overruns and delays on the $12.2 billion San Jose extension of a Bay Area Rapid Transit line.
January 19 -
Altadena, California-based Episcopal Communities & Services for Seniors was able to sell bonds through a treasurer's conduit thanks to the new state law.
January 19 -
In its take on the governor's proposed budget, the Legislative Analyst's Office lowered its own deficit projection, but called the governor's revenue projections "optimistic."
January 16 -
Marina Wiant was named to head California treasurer committees that set the debt limit, determine how the private-activity capacity is deployed and play a critical role in financing the construction of affordable rental housing in the state.
January 11 -
The governor proposed state funding for schools to slow the rise in property taxes. His Idaho Works program would provide $50 million toward $800 million in bonds to pay for water and transportation projects.
January 10 -
Red state-blue state battles have complicated ESG issuance even as the muni market strives to make it an accepted asset class. The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk, Karen Pierog, Chip Barnett and Keeley Webster discuss how it's playing out nationally and regionally.
January 9 -
The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority announced a tender offer as part of a restructuring plan that could culminate in $1.36 billion of bonds.
January 8 -
Three districts are under Washington's state fiscal oversight and the largest, Marysville School District, took a multi-notch Moody's bond rating downgrade.
January 4
