Far West

Moody's boosted the revenue bond rating of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to Aa3.

The SEC is sorting out those charged with engaging in a large multi-year "flipping" and kickback scheme.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the city's issuer default rating to AA-minus from A-plus.

Moody's Investors Service took the Nevada city up to Baa1.

Most of the damage caused by the region's many summer blazes has been contained to wildlands.

NASBO Executive Director John Hicks said that deposits made to rainy days funds from budget surpluses will likely bring the total to more than $58 billion for fiscal 2018.

The extent of the damage from mudslides triggered by Hurricane Lane is yet to be determined, state officials said.

Bond lawyers will recognize the late Jim Lebenthal and Lewis Horne with awards next month, as well as Virginia "Gigi" Benjamin.

The bond proceeds will fund transportation, school, university and other capital projects,

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.