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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Palomar Health had its outlook revised to negative by Moody's, affecting $672.5 million in outstanding debt.
June 21 -
Muni Pride has been rebranded from California Muni Pride to reflect its developing national focus.
June 6 -
California senators approved a school bond measure that supporters say could help reduce the state's $117 billion in school construction needs.
May 25 -
Municipal Market Analytics questioned Moody's swift revision of California's outlook to negative after Gov. Newsom's May budget revisions posted.
May 24 -
Arizona, Nevada and California announced an agreement on Colorado River water use reductions, possibly averting a more stringent federal solution.
May 22 -
The Biden Administration has partnered with five cities and the State of California in efforts to reduce homelessness.
May 19 -
The negative rating outlook comes less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a budget shortfall of $31.5 billion.
May 18 -
Amid rising construction costs and supply chain shortfalls, some California school bond projects are being redesigned, accelerated or delayed.
May 18 -
Attorneys general from 16 states filed an amicus brief supporting Oakland and San Francisco's climate change lawsuit against oil companies.
May 15 -
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday improving a tax increment financing program created in 2021 that wasn't working as intended.
May 10
