Kyle Glazier

Washington state will issue $673 million of highly rated general obligation bonds next week.

Oregon's Municipal Debt Advisory Commission Task Force will gather information about new categories of debt incurred by local governments, including bank loans and lines of credit.

A lawsuit filed late last week seeks to block construction Golden State Warriors event center and mixed-use development project in San Francisco.

The California Health Facilities Financing Authority will issue $500 million of revenue bonds next week for the Sutter Health hospital system in Northern California.

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler has called for an immediate halt to a general obligation bond-financed energy loan program that is running in the red.

Market participants expect a slower year for Oregon public finance, though some sectors could pick up and major policy questions about corporate and property taxes could see discussion.

The chair of California’s Assembly Committee on Transportation unveiled legislation he said would provide revenue to meet the state’s serious transportation needs.

Infrastructure funding and municipal revenue could be on the chopping block when Washington state lawmakers convene.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will seek public input in a series of meetings beginning next month on the preliminary findings of a policy group exploring the state's transportation needs.

The "gradual and contingent nature" of the California Public Employees' Retirement System plan to revise its investment return assumptions could mean substantial fiscal risk to California governments, Moody's Investors service said Friday.

An agreement to return control of the LA/Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles to an Ontario-based local authority is a positive for the Los Angeles airport but negative to the Ontario airport's credit, Moody's Investors Service said.

Arizona State University’s "strong culture of innovation" should translate into improved credit quality over time, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

Franklin Templeton, Stockton, Calif's holdout creditor, says it will not pursue further appeals of the plan that allowed the city to officially exit bankruptcy earlier this year.

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to positive from stable on Wright Elementary School District, Calif.'s general obligation bonds, and affirmed its A-plus rating.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed budget would retool the state’s oil and gas tax credit system, cut hundreds of millions of spending, and impose an income tax.

Stockton, Calif. has notched another legal win for its bankruptcy exit plan. That doesn’t mean the fight is over.

The Oregon Investment Council is shifting the state's investment strategy to include more infrastructure and renewable energy investments and to reduce its exposure to stock market volatility

A California Public Employees’ Retirement System plan to slowly revise investment return assumptions has Gov. Jerry Brown and others concerned that the massive pension fund could be exposing state and local governments to serious financial risk.

Alaska has signed and made public agreements with two major gas companies that will allow a major pipeline project to move forward even if the private firms decide to drop out of it.

The Port of Seattle Commission has approved a $408.4 million budget for 2016 that includes extensive infrastructure investments as part of a more than $2 billion capital improvement plan.