Rich Saskal

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A water rights dispute has stalled plans by California’s Imperial Irrigation District to sell $250 million of Build America Bond certificates of participation next week to finance new power-generating equipment.

Backers of a state income tax on high-wage earners brought 26,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office Friday, bringing their total of submitted signatures above 380,000, which backers believe will be more than enough to place the measure on the November ballot.

Holders of first-tier debt issued for the Las Vegas Monorail have nothing to show for their most recent scheduled interest payment.

As she had foreshadowed in June, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle Tuesday vetoed a bill authorizing $40 million in special-purpose revenue bonds for a firm that wants to use the proceeds to finance projects to convert organic waste into fuel.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — With two upgrades in hand, the city-owned electric utility in Tacoma, Wash., has a $200 million revenue bond deal on the calendar next week.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Fiscal 2011 dawned on California Thursday without a state budget in place.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — California this week selected a group led by Meridiam Infrastructure to be its preferred partner for the state’s first public-private partnership for a courthouse.

April taxable sales in Nevada were up 2% compared to April 2009, the first such increase the recession-battered state has recorded in 20 months.

Honolulu and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have announced a proposed consent decree that would end long-running litigation over the city’s wastewater system, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said Monday.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Monday assigned proposition numbers to the 10 ballot measures that have qualified for the state’s November general election — though one of them may be gone before then.

More California school districts face potential financial problems, according to a report released Monday by the state Department of Education.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — An $11.4 billion water bond measure may be yanked from California’s November ballot.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – An $11.4 billion water bond measure may be yanked from California’s November ballot.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The public health care district in Marin County, Calif., regains control of the county’s largest hospital today, in a shift that is likely to presage a bond offering in coming years.

SAN FRANCISCO — If there are any solutions to the nation's persistent shortfalls in financing transportation infrastructure, they're more likely to come from the local level, according to members of an expert panel Friday.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Officials in the Los Angeles area say momentum is building behind a plan to accelerate construction of multiple transit projects — a plan that would require as-yet-uncreated forms of federal financial support.

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle’s list of possible vetoes includes a bill authorizing $40 million in special-purpose revenue bonds for a firm that wants to use the proceeds to finance projects that would convert organic waste into fuel.

After exploring a deal with a sizable Build America Bond component, the Guam Power Authority Tuesday priced $149.1 million in senior revenue bonds entirely as tax-exempt debt.

California voters in November will vote on a constitutional amendment to ban most shifts of funds from local governments to the state government.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — With a new fiscal year looming next Thursday, there is no agreement in sight on a California budget, though the opposing arguments are becoming clearer.