Kyle Glazier is the Washington Bureau Chief of The Bond Buyer. He has previously covered securities law, the Far West, and markets. He has previously written for the Houston Chronicle, Albany Times-Union, and The Denver Post. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.
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Standard & Poor's placed Palm Drive Health Care District, Calif.'s revenue debt on negative watch due to lack of timely information.
July 30 -
Lawmakers in Sacramento are trying to solve a very big and expensive puzzle: how to fund Californias estimated $5.7 billion annual infrastructure funding gap.
July 30 -
American Samoa is getting ready to sell $73 million of junk-rated bonds next month.
July 29 - Wyoming
The Wyoming Community Development Authority is gearing up to issue $114 million to refund outstanding bonds and to purchase home loans as part of a program to make home buying easier for some state residents.
July 27 -
Sacramento is set to sell $282 million of bonds to finance a basketball arena after prevailing in a lawsuit challenging the validity of the debt.
July 24 -
Freight transport executives are pushing Sacramento to support California ports by making them a funding priority.
July 23 - California
Santa Barbara, Calif., will borrow $55 million from the state to reopen a closed desalination plant as it deals with a serious drought.
July 23 -
Washington state will be among the biggest beneficiaries of Medicaid changes under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings
July 22 - California
San Francisco's $25 billion construction portfolio, including bond-financed projects, suffers from a serious lack of oversight, according to a new report from the county's Civil Grand Jury.
July 20 -
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law securing revenues for general obligation bonds issued by local governments a move designed to protect bondholders in a bankruptcy proceeding. But rating agencies have mixed feelings about whether it will be of much benefit to holders of local GOs in the nation's most populous state.
July 17 -
Stockton, Calif., chief financial officer Vanessa Burke, who weathered the storm of the city's bankruptcy, has joined Urban Futures, Inc.'s public management team.
July 16 -
The Port of Seattle is set to sell nearly $600 million of bonds next week to refund outstanding debt and to finance new projects at the city's airport and other facilities.
July 16 -
Standard & Poor's has downgraded Laramie County, Wyo.'s 2012 bonds issued for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center to A from A-plus.
July 15 - California
Retired investment banker Earl Hamlin has been elected president of the Port of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners.
July 14 - California
San Jose (Calif.) Redevelopment Agency received an upgrade to BBB from BBB-minus from Fitch Ratings affecting $1.5 billion of bonds.
July 14 - Washington
Washington State's budget boosted education spending, a positive development for school districts and public universities, Moody's Investors Service said.
July 13 -
CaliforniaStandard & Poor's upgraded California's general obligation rating to AA-minus from A-plus.
July 2 - California
Bridge Strategic Partners has become the California Statewide Communities Development Authority's new program administrator.
July 2 -
WashingtonWashington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a state budget into law, avoiding a government shutdown and appropriating money to pay the state's bond debts.
July 2 -
Oregon Health and Science University will sell $100 Million of federally-taxable debt next week.
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