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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Moody's Investors Service placed the university under review for downgrade, citing in part debt that would be issued to purchase the University of Phoenix.
February 16 -
The proposed $1 billion bond measure would fund port improvements needed to push the state's nascent offshore wind power industry forward.
February 16 -
The rating agency cited traction on its financial turnaround in revising the outlook on the junk-rated hospital to stable from negative.
February 14 -
The sale of the bonds allowed ACTA to reshape its debt service profile and avoid projected debt service shortfalls by refunding into capital appreciation bonds and extending maturity dates.
February 12 -
The broker-dealer expands by creating its newly established public finance group in California.
February 9 -
Los Angeles alone reported more than 500 mudslides from a storm that deluged the city for days.
February 9 -
Jackie Wells, a former FINRA enforcement director, is the second leader from the industry's self-regulating body to join the firm in recent months.
February 7 -
A congressional hearing last week underscored the risk of havoc-based cyberattacks, particularly from China, said Hilltop's Tom Kozlik.
February 5 -
Fitch Ratings downgraded the private-activity bonds supporting LAX's people mover bonds to junk, but said they could fall lower if the airport doesn't reach an agreement on delay concessions.
February 2 -
California voters will weight a $6.4 billion bond measure in March that redirects money from an existing millionaire's tax supporting mental health programs.
February 2
