Kyle Glazier

The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development veteran Margaret Salazar will become the new director of Oregon Housing and Community Services Nov. 1.

Next month Alaska will pay out some $657 million as part of its annual dividend to its citizens, a drastically reduced amount that Gov. Bill Walker is hoping will hammer home the need for significant fiscal reform in the state.

Just under half of likely voters in California favor approval of a $9 billion school bond measure, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.

PFM Financial Advisors purchased Portland, Ore.-based advisory firm Western Financial Group, and hired all of its members.

San Diego-based Palomar Health is set to issue more than $400 million of refunding bonds in the next two weeks, split between investment-grade general obligation debt and junk-rated revenue bonds.

Millennials in public finance see a lot of value in mentorship from their older colleagues and are hopeful about the future of the industry despite a generational divide that can occasionally put them at odds with industry veterans when it comes to technology and building business relationships.

California public power credits should remain strong through a “radical transformation” of the state’s energy supply caused by legislative mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

Voter-approved bonds are providing loan money to support the creation of affordable rental homes for San Francisco’s low-income and homeless families and seniors.

Green municipal bond issuance increased by almost half in 2015, with water infrastructure making up the biggest chunk of the bond sales, according to a new report.

Oregon's economy continues to expand at full throttle despite some worrisome long-term signs, according to the state's newly-released economic forecast.

The Port of Seattle has unveiled the final design for a $636 million bond-funded airport renovation and expansion.

Many of the largest state pension plans averaged less than 1% returns for the fiscal year ended June 30, most likely leading to a national trend of depressed funding ratios and increasing pressure on states to fund those pensions, S&P Global Ratings said Monday.

Weeks after sweeping financial overhauls he advocated failed in the state legislature, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced he will travel to Southeast Asia to promote natural gas sales.

Two large bond offerings from Providence St. Joseph Health, the result of a merger between two major West Coast healthcare providers, epitomize the continuing trend of consolidation in the not-for-profit healthcare sector.

The Airport Commission of the City and County of San Francisco is teeing up a nearly $900 million dollar bond deal.

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority plans a first-of-its kind environmental impact bond using a "pay for success" model to finance infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff.

Legislation that would have authorized a vote on a $3 billion affordable housing bond failed to pass ahead of California's legislative deadline of midnight Sept. 1.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is asking state agencies to look for more ways to save money, citing a budget shortfall that could be more than $500 million.

The default of some unrated nonprofit project bonds in Michigan and subsequent struggle to recover funds highlights the frustration bondholders sometimes feel in working with trustees, who are tasked with acting as the agents of the investors in distressed and default situations.