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Amid rising construction costs and supply chain shortfalls, some California school bond projects are being redesigned, accelerated or delayed.

The investor-driven committee created guidelines to help small- and medium-sized issuers provide more uniform disclosure.

Attorneys general from 16 states filed an amicus brief supporting Oakland and San Francisco's climate change lawsuit against oil companies.

The Oakland Athletics agreed to locate a baseball stadium on land behind the Tropicana resort on the Las Vegas Strip, according to a Bally's Corp statement.

The governor outlined what he called a balanced budget, though the revenue shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion since January.

Lawmakers passed a stopgap $150 million loan fund for hospitals in fiscal distress, and will discuss longer-term solutions as the session progresses.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday improving a tax increment financing program created in 2021 that wasn't working as intended.

Although Hawaii lawmakers nixed his proposed tourist tax, Gov. Green points to positives.

Seattle's Sound Transit, the biggest beneficiary of a federal low-interest loan program, had received three more loans totaling $327 million.

Providing enough housing for middle class and homeless people has topped legislative agendas in three West Coast states and Hawaii this session.