Kyle Glazier

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.

Wyoming's outlook was cut to negative from stable by Standard & Poor's as the highly-rated state struggles with budgetary pressure.

The Port of Oakland has lost its second-largest terminal operator, a blow that Fitch Ratings said should be manageable.

Recent opinions issued by the California attorney general’s office may have some municipal advisors and broker-dealers treading carefully to avoid breaking Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules.

The federal government has approved financial assistance to Washington localities damaged by a storm system in December.

California city attorneys who also provide bond counsel services may not be paid based on a percentage of a city's bond issuances, according to a formal opinion from the office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris.