Far West

In a year in which 16 states lost population, Texas' growth is expected to stand out in the belated 2020 Census.

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Taxable munis have posted the highest returns among all fixed-income indexes this year, BofA said.

The Legislature approved $800 million for the state's emergency fund.

The commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco benefitted from a criteria revision on not-for-profit transportation infrastructure.

The state Supreme Court declined to hear the case, ending a fiscal and legal dispute with the basketball team that left for San Francisco last year.

The Idawy Solid Waste District is being honored for its four-county, two-state effort to finance a state-of-the-art landfill.

The second bankruptcy of the Las Vegas Monorail was much smaller than the first, and bondholder Preston Hollow LLC is getting paid a full $22 million.

Nelson, a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry, joins Hilltop's Encino, California, office.

Clark County, Nevada's reserve draw, brought about by low hotel tax revenues, has no rating impact on the limited tax general obligation bonds, Moody's said.