Tonya Chin

The 114-mile stretch of California's high speed rail project from Fresno to Bakersfield received approval from a federal railway oversight board on Tuesday.

California lawmakers are considering a $7.2 billion water bond for the November ballot as the discussion goes into overtime.

California is off to a strong start for fiscal year 2014-15 as July revenues came in above estimates, according to State Controller John Chiang.

A recently announced increase in state-run health insurance rates is a positive for California's non-profit hospitals, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.

The California Economic Summit is urging state lawmakers to enact a new law that would give local governments broader authority in creating infrastructure financing districts.

Portland, Ore. priced $290 million of revenue bonds this week to fund capital improvements to its sewer system and refund outstanding debt.

California Governor Jerry Brown is pushing a scaled-down $6 billion water bond to go on the November ballot as other bond proposals in the state legislature remain stalled.

Standard & Poor's has upgraded the rating on general obligation bonds issued by the Pittsburg Unified School Districted, located east of San Francisco in Contra Costa County.

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission, which helps fund affordable housing in the state by issuing tax-exempt bonds and offering tax credits, announced that it will help victims of recent wildfires to access emergency housing.

California's new law that requires municipal issuers to disclose to the California Debt Investment and Advisory Commission their private placements and direct loans from banks is beneficial to investors and analysts, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The state of California is planning to sell $2.8 billion of revenue anticipation notes in its lowest cash flow borrowing transaction in eight years.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee approved a $500 million general obligation bond measure that will go before voters on Nov. 4.

The state of Oregon has been taking advantage of market conditions by refunding its outstanding debt at lower interest rates to save around $80 million since 2013, according to Treasurer Ted Wheeler.

California State University is planning to sell $744 million of revenue bonds this week to refund outstanding debt and provide funding for various campus projects across the state.

Costs of complying with environmental regulations could increase for California's hydroelectric-reliant public utilities as the state's severe drought pushes them toward more generation sources with higher greenhouse gas emissions, according to Fitch Ratings.

A court of appeals upheld a proposed route connecting the San Francisco Bay Area to the Central Valley for California's $68 billion high speed rail project.

A majority of Californians would vote “yes” to an $11 billion water bond on the November ballot, according to a survey from the Public Policy Institute of California.

Credit spreads on California's general obligation have been narrowing, both before and after the state's upgrade to Aa3 by Moody's Investors Service.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will expand an existing law to require California debt issuers to disclose any direct loans from banks to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on more than $1 billion of outstanding revenue bonds issued for Stanford Hospital & Clinics.