Kyle Glazier

A cybersecurity scare at a public power utility in Vermont has some municipal market participants thinking about how an attack could affect the nation's utility bond issuers.

San Francisco voters will be asked to approve a $350 million bond to repair its fragile seawall, which experts believe needs a multi-billion dollar investment.

A second state appeals court decision in California that rejects a rigid interpretation of the so-called “California Rule” of vested rights has boosted the hopes of those who want to change public pension formulas in the Golden State.

A probable rollback of federal protections put in place after the Great Recession means Oregon must be even more vigilant in its stewardship of public funds, said its new treasurer, Tobias Reed.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System’s decision to reduce its assumed rate of investment return to 7.0% from 7.5% is good for the credit of the state and its local governments, Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday.

A coalition of state, local, and infrastructure groups is pushing the California Legislature to act on transportation funding soon in 2017 after failing to reach a last-minute deal in 2016.

The release of a lengthy collection of environmental documents sets the stage for the California WaterFix Delta tunnel project to move forward and for its opponents to continue fighting it in both courtrooms and the court of public opinion.

Members of Donald Trump's transition team have been reaching out to muni market participants as the President-elect plans an infrastructure task force.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker's $4.2 billion fiscal year 2018 contains a familiar proposal.

The Supreme Court of California has a case before it with the potential to alter the political and legal conversations about pensions in the Golden State and beyond.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board has voted to reduce the pension fund’s current 7.5% expected annual rate of return on investments to 7% over the next three years.

The credit implications of Washington States' K-12 funding overhaul may hinge on how the state's solutions affect each district's revenues and flexibility.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has issued $259 million of taxable water revenue bonds, certified as green bonds through the Climate Bond Initiative.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday released his nearly $47 billion 2017–19 budget proposal.

The City and County of San Francisco has invested $4.5 million into a public/private partnership aimed at reducing homelessness.

MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit health system based in Tacoma, Wash., has reached a deal to purchase the for-profit Rockwood Health System for $425 million and will finance a large portion of it with bonds.

Facing a projected two-year budget shortfall of $1.7 billion, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has proposed a biennial budget that the newly-reelected governor characterized as a “short-term” solution.

There is a sense among some market participants that the landscape for state credit has shifted amid concerns about revenue loss, pension liabilities, and other difficult-to-solve problems.

Veteran municipal market strategist George Friedlander will join Court Street Group Research effective Dec. 1.

A proposed new arena is closer to reality after another courtroom win on Tuesday.