Kyle Glazier

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.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has announced two new appointments to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Board of Directors, the group responsible for overseeing the agency's efforts to build a natural gas pipeline the governor says is critical to Alaska's financial future.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Benicia, Calif's issuer credit rating to AA from AA-minus, and raised the underlying rating on the California Public Property Financing Corp.'s series 2011 certificates of participation issued on behalf of the city to AA-minus from A-plus.

The Casper, Wyo. City Council last week approved plans for an $8.5 million redevelopment of the city's downtown.

Washington State's projected costs have increased by nearly $700 million since the legislature approved the 2015–17 budget in June, leaving the state facing a more than $400 million shortfall.

The Navajo Nation closed its first-ever bond transaction this week when it sold $52.9 million of investment-grade general obligation bonds in a private placement.

A U.S. Court of Appeals bankruptcy panel will hear arguments Thursday from Stockton, Calif. and creditor holdout Franklin Templeton Investments, which is appealing confirmation of the city's plan of adjustment.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation says it needs an additional $62 million per year to maintain its roads and bridges, even as a recent report concludes that the state faces a sharp drop in revenue due to a weak oil and gas market.

The Oregon Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the legality of a bond-financed hotel near the Oregon Convention Center, a project that has been tied up in legal difficulty for years.

Employment in Oregon's film industry has grown 75% in five years, Gov. Kate Brown said as supporters say the industry brings economic benefits despite significant tax concessions.

Standard & Poor's downgraded the underlying rating of Snohomish County School District No. 15 in Edmonds, Wash. to AA-minus from AA

San Francisco mayor Ed Lee is touting the Board of Supervisors' approval of a downtown affordable housing project that will provide homes for lower-income residents while also helping to pay for local infrastructure.

With construction on its new basketball arena humming along, California's capitol is turning is attention to an extensive downtown revitalization project that aims to leverage property taxes to create 10,000 places to live in downtown Sacramento by 2025.

Standard & Poor's raised its long-term rating to A-plus from A on the Ukiah Redevelopment Agency, Calif.'s series 2011A tax allocation bonds, citing increased assessed value.

The Alaska legislature has passed legislation appropriating almost $150 million for a gas pipeline project that Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has said will be key to closing the state's $3.5 billion budget deficit gap.

The relatively opaque private placement market, which has been very strong in California, may be slowing down and shifting from a bank-dominated market to a more diverse range of purchasers.