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High-yield inflows return to the tune of $821 million. The 10-year triple-A hovers just above 1%.

Lawmakers added more money and projects to Idaho's Garvee program in 2017 partly to counter congestion from the state's massive population growth.

With 20 million vaccines administered and reduced infection rates, Gavin Newsom said it's time to begin looking at fully reopening the economy.

State court rulings have successfully challenged the need for more than a simple majority on voter-driven tax measures, most recently in San Francisco.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes securitizing future car registration fees to back bonds that speed construction of the electric vehicle charging stations.

Tax-exempt bonds issued for a private hospital system in Honolulu fell further into junk territory with S&P Global Ratings downgrading the bonds to CCC from B-minus.

San Francisco's city attorney had sued to force the school district to resume in-person learning.

A provision banning the use of federal stimulus money to subsidize tax cuts has stalled business incentive programs, California business lobbyists say.

American Relief Plan funds may also spare the city's reserves, but officials are waiting on the fine print from Washington to see what they can actually do.

Lawmakers approved a Golden State Stimulus that provides relief to businesses and $600 checks to low-income residents on the strength of an earlier-reported surplus.