Kyle Glazier

Richard Kolman, a municipal finance veteran who most recently built U.S. Bank's muni underwriting group from scratch, is taking some time off from the industry.

Land-secured municipal bond defaults have plunged thanks to shifts in market practices and macroeconomic trends since the Great Recession.

The first bill Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed this session may be a big step for the state toward complying with a court order that has been hanging over its finances for years.

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Alaska to Aa1 from Aaa.

Fitch Ratings has placed Alaska on a negative watch that the agency says should be resolved when the state passes a budget.

Sacramento, Calif.’s creation of a long-term plan to fund its retiree healthcare benefits has put the city on a more sustainable trajectory, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

Overzealous regulators are a big problem for middle-market broker-dealers said Warren Stephens, chief executive officer of Stephens, Inc. and a founding member of the Bond Dealers of America.

Squire Patton Boggs, a leading muni bond firm, is merging with the San Francisco-based international litigation firm of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough.

The Wyoming Senate rejected a measure that would have expanded Medicaid in the state, a step Gov. Matt Mead had urged support of and that he said would have brought more federal money to Wyoming.

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel in San Juan ordered UBS AG to pay an investor about $1.45 million in compensation for losses suffered by investments in its Puerto Rico closed-end bond funds.

Investors eager to buy triple tax-exempt debt have been turning to the Pacific Ocean territories of Guam and American Samoa, where limited tax bases and large debt loads create some risks reminiscent of Puerto Rico.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed bipartisan pension overhaul legislation, though part of the plan must be approved by voters later this year.

Public finance lawyer Robert Haight has joined the San Francisco office of Holland & Knight, the firm announced Tuesday.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District's decision to abandon the $1.45 billion, 400-megawatt Iowa Hill pumped storage generation project is good for its credit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on King County, Wash.'s existing debt to negative from stable.

State governors and other public officials who warned that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations could cause significant economic harm to their states and localities are hailing the Supreme Court’s decision to place a stay on the EPA’s plan.

The University of California would issue $400 million of bonds as part of a proposed $1.1 billion public-private partnership to expand the campus of UC Merced, according to a report issued the state Legislative Analyst’s Office Wednesday.

Washington State sold $321.6 million of various purpose general obligation bonds and $200.5 million of motor vehicle fuel tax general obligation bonds in competitive sales Tuesday, touting the success it achieved in "volatile" market conditions.

Stacy Lewis Daher has been reappointed to the California Educational Facilities Authority, the body responsible for approving conduit bond issues for universities.

The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) earned returns of 2.1% in 2015,and ended the year with a balance of $68.7 billion.