Rich Saskal

SAN FRANCISCO — After a 22-year career with the city of Seattle, longtime finance director Dwight Dively is moving on.

SAN FRANCISCO — Voters in two counties north of San Francisco gave overwhelming support in 2008 to a ballot measure taxing themselves to build a new commuter train line.

SAN FRANCISCO — Issuers in the Far West sold almost $95 billion in municipal bonds during 2009, up more than 29% from 2008, including almost $19 billion of taxable Build America Bonds.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal credited hard work and tough decision-making for keeping Wyoming in good financial health in his annual state of the state address Monday morning.

Members of Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration testified before the state Senate Ways and Means Committee Monday, asking lawmakers to reject a bill that would restrict the governor’s ability to cut the budget.

The effort to call a new constitutional convention for California appears to be sputtering financially.

California had a better-than-expected month in January, according to monthly cash report released Wednesday by Controller John Chiang.

SAN FRANCISCO — If Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons gets his way, there will be no new taxes to fill the state’s gaping budget hole, though residents will be given the option of buying gift certificates to pay teachers’ salaries.

SAN FRANCISCO — Former public finance banker Nathan Brostrom has been promoted to executive vice president of business operations of the University of California system.

SAN FRANCISCO — Officials in Marin County, Calif., have reportedly approved an electricity purchase agreement that marks a major milestone their effort to implement a public power program known as community choice aggregation.

Repair California, the group formed with the goal of convening a state constitutional convention, Wednesday accused signature-gathering firms of engaging in dirty tricks and intimidation against the group’s campaign to collect petition signatures for the ballot measures it needs to convene its proposed convention.

Anchorage voters will face fewer bond measures than usual in the city’s annual May election, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

With high oil prices expected to boost state revenue by $700 million, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell Monday submitted a supplemental budget request for the current fiscal year, saying he wants most of the money saved.

SAN FRANCISCO — Citing economic strains that have battered the state’s budget, Moody’s Investors Service Thursday assigned a negative outlook to Hawaii’s Aa2 general obligation bond rating.

SAN FRANCISCO — Add ­Washington to the list of states worrying about ­liquidity.

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew L. “Bud” Byrnes 3d has rejoined his family’s company, RH Investment Corp., as president and chief executive officer.

SAN FRANCISCO — After appearing to close a long debate in December with the decision to award construction contracts for a rail link to the Oakland International Airport, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District now faces the threat of losing $70 million in federal stimulus funding on civil rights grounds.

SACRAMENTO — The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee this week assigned $530 million of private-activity bond volume cap for construction of a water desalination plant in San Diego County.

Gov. Jim Gibbons Monday said he plans to call a special session of the Nevada Legislature as a result of the state’s ongoing economic and budget crises.

The agency building the new Transbay Transit Center project in San Francisco announced Tuesday that it has closed on a $171 million federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan for the project.