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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State Controller Malia Cohen said she stepped up to help draft audit guidelines following a charter school fraud case that cost the state $400 million.
September 22 -
The city ranks last among 32 U.S. cities in an index that tracks secondary market prices for general obligation bond debt.
September 21 -
The event heavily focused on the kind of and how much disclosure issuers need to offer in order to attract investor interest.
September 20 -
Jena Watson, who has nearly 30 years of experience, moved over from HomeBank.
September 19 -
The state managed to grow revenues above forecast for the first two months of the fiscal year despite the delayed tax filing deadline.
September 19 -
Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking at Climate Week NYC, said he'll sign bills requiring companies to increase reporting on greenhouse emissions and climate risks.
September 18 -
The bill would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after being on strike for two weeks.
September 15 -
Alice Livingston "wanted nothing to do with" bonds when growing up, but found her love for communications meshes well with the municipal market.
September 13 -
Increasing private school enrollment has little to do with falling California public school enrollment, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
September 12 -
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green gave an update Friday on how the state and Maui are faring a month after fires decimated West Maui and razed the town of Lahaina.
September 11
