Kyle Glazier

Alaska lost its last triple-A rating Tuesday, when Fitch Ratings downgraded the state to AA-plus.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors has voted unanimously to place a $3.5 billion general obligation bond measure on the November ballot.

California local government officials and other stakeholders are becoming increasingly uneasy about the lack of activity in the state legislature’s special session on transportation.

Alaska's legislature passed a budget with a $3.2 billion draw on the state's Constitutional Budget Reserve after rejecting fiscal reforms urged by Gov. Bill Walker.

Former California Public Employees Retirement System chief Federico "Fred" Buenrostro received a prison sentence of four and a half years Tuesday, nearly two years after pleading guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for influencing CalPERS staff.

California’s high-speed rail project appears to have survived one legal challenge, as Kings County, Calif. will not further contest the legality of the bonds supporting the train.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System's purchase of an equity stake in the Indiana Toll Road earlier this month is part of a growing trend of public pension funds investing more directly in large infrastructure assets.

A ballot measure injecting $3.5 billion into Arizona's K-12 education passed by a razor thin margin for a result that S&P Global Ratings said could be a short-term positive for state and school district credits, with a much less certain long-term impact.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are digging in for a struggle over California Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal, as both parties try to adjust priorities with California’s fiscal outlook apparently dimming.

The Santa Clara County, Calif. Financing Authority, which has sharply reduced its liabilities and placed itself in strong financial position over the past several years, will sell $160.85 million of highly-rated bonds in a competitive sale next week.

The trustee firm in many recent troubled bond deals assembled by accused fraudster Christopher Brogdon is taking a harder line against the former employee it blames for its involvement in the mess.

Proposed changes to California's drought regulations would likely result in higher sales and better financial performance for water issuers in fiscal 2017, according to Fitch Ratings.

Hosting Super Bowl 50 injected $11.6 million into the San Francisco economy, according to the city controller.

Claire Seguin will serve as interim director of the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, a major bond issuer in the state, beginning next month following the resignation of current director Margaret Van Vliet.

The Port of Oakland said today that containerized export volume increased 7% last month from a year ago, the fourth consecutive month of increases.

Citigroup's George Friedlander is sounding the alarm for the municipal market, warning that significant changes in technology will affect the economy in profound ways that many issuers may not be prepared for.

A one-day strike by the faculty of the San Francisco Community College District is a bad sign because it shows a strong resistance to the district’s efforts to balance its books, Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday.

California is spending big on water and sewer infrastructure, with multiple large deals from state and local issuers, including transactions with green bond certifications.

The Arizona legislature worked into early Wednesday morning to finish a controversial $9.6 billion budget package.

Oregon will sell more than $300 million of highly rated general obligation bonds in several tax-exempt and taxable series next week.