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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When Los Angeles World Airports CEO Justin Erbacci steps down next month, Beatrice Hsu will step up as interim CEO.
September 8 -
Building off his success in creating a revolutionary website as Massachusetts assistant treasurer of debt management, BondLink founder Colin MacNaught has grown his firm into 45 states.
September 8 -
The 17 struggling hospitals awarded loans through the program serve low-income and elderly patients or are located in underserved areas.
September 7 -
State economists announced during a forecast presentation to lawmakers that taxpayers will see a record "kicker" rebate when they file next year's taxes.
September 1 -
Former Mayor Harry Sidhu pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges this month, as the city continues to recover from the year-plus closure of Disneyland.
August 31 -
Moody's credited generally sound fiscal practices, good governance and federal aid with the likelihood that Maui County and the state would retain their current credit ratings.
August 30 -
The award will be presented to Chu during Women in Public Finance's national conference in Washington, D.C. in September.
August 30 -
Fitch analysts mentioned the tardy ACFR in the ESG section of its most recent rating report on California general obligation bonds.
August 29 -
The state's transportation secretary credited funding from a 2017 gas tax increase for enabling it to clear up a backlog of transportation projects.
August 28 -
Municipal bond issuance in the Far West was down 2.3% in a first half that saw volume drop 17.1% nationally.
August 24