Kyle Glazier

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.

Standard & Poor's has affirmed its A-minus rating on Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency Calif.'s series 2003 tax allocation bonds and revised its outlook to positive from stable, citing the likely settlement of its court battle with the state Department of Finance.

Oregon's latest two-year state general fund revenue projection is up slightly from earlier this year, though state leaders remain guarded about how stable its economic gains really are.

Facing a fiscal year 2016 shortfall of about $159 million, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has proposed slashing expenses and borrowing from the state's rainy day account to offset a sharp fall in energy industry revenues.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced late last week that Alaska has acquired land it needed for a major pipeline project and signed an agreement with British Columbia that could also strengthen the state's economy.

Christopher Brogdon, the retirement home financier who is facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges, has denied being liable for a particularly problematic deal in new filings with a federal court in Georgia.