Rich Saskal is a managing editor of The Bond Buyer. Since joining the publication in 2003, he has also worked as a reporter and as its Far West bureau chief. He has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia.
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Nonprofit Legacy Cares failed to make three monthly payments to support debt service on $284 million of bonds issued for a multiport venue in Mesa, Arizona.
October 31 -
Monday's opening panel of The Bond Buyer California Public Finance conference in Los Angeles was an insiders' look at muni market challenges and opportunity.
September 13 -
Municipal bond issuers in the Southwest sold $90.8 billion of debt in 2021, down 3.2% from 2020 as lost refunding volume outpaced a gain in new-money sales.
February 18 -
The city, which previously spent tens of millions of dollars to keep the NHL's Arizona Coyotes from leaving, will turf the team from its arena at season's end.
January 14 -
Monika Calamita, 37, is already an instrumental part of Kutak Rock's national charter school practice.
September 9 -
Vishnu Paruchuri applies his quantitative expertise to Ramirez & Co.'s analysis and structuring efforts.
September 9 -
The shutdown of a major California hydroelectric power facility underscores the severity of drought conditions in the state.
August 6 -
Fitch Ratings, S&P Global Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency all upgraded the Constitution State ahead of a $1 billion taxable and tax-exempt transaction set for Wednesday.
May 14 -
The Idawy Solid Waste District is being honored for its four-county, two-state effort to finance a state-of-the-art landfill.
December 15 -
Vice President, Public Finance Investment Banking, Wells Fargo Securities
October 19 -
The Federal Reserve reduced the interest rate spread on MLF tax-exempt notes by 50 basis points for each credit rating category.
August 11 -
With coronavirus decimating the state's dominant industry of tourism, Moody's dropped Hawaii's rating outlook to negative.
April 15 -
The rating agency affirmed its A3 rating of the state's general obligation bonds; the outlook revision affects $35.9 billion of debt.
April 13 -
Registered advisory firm Dale Scott & Co. will pay $25,000, and one firm and one individual each will pay $10,000 for acting as unregistered solicitors.
July 16 -
The rating agency said its new criteria only support a rating two notches higher than the state's BBB.
May 25 -
CaliforniaCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown signaled a focus on state retiree healthcare obligations when he released his $113.3 billion fiscal 2016 general fund budget proposal.
January 9 -
Nine days after downgrading them, Standard & Poor's upgraded six series of Jefferson County, Ala. limited obligation school warrants to investment-grade BBB from D.
December 23 -
Elaine Greenberg, former chief of the Securities and Exchange Commissions municipal securities and public pension unit, made her private-sector speaking debut after joining Orrick.
September 26 -
Moody's Investors Service downgraded more than $300 million in Fresno, Calif., debt to speculative grade.
January 24 -
The city council in San Bernardino, Calif., citing continuing deficits and the depletion of its general fund reserves, voted Tuesday night to authorize the city to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
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