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Martin and Indian River counties have asked a federal judge to examine the new bond financing strategy employed by All Aboard Florida to determine the "full extent" of the proposal and its impact on their federal lawsuits.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will not bring any more settlements under its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative and will instead focus on those underwriters and issuers that did not voluntarily disclose violations under the MCDC.

The City and County of San Francisco has invested $4.5 million into a public/private partnership aimed at reducing homelessness.

The Illinois Regional Transportation Authority Thursday will consider a $3 billion operating budget and $5.1 billion five-year capital plan that boosts spending next year but still falls far short of its needs as a new state capital program languishes amid the ongoing budget impasse.

While Puerto Rico is at a crossroads, it must file for restructuring as soon as possible and work with the federal government to help resolve the commonwealth’s fiscal crisis, said outgoing Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla.

MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit health system based in Tacoma, Wash., has reached a deal to purchase the for-profit Rockwood Health System for $425 million and will finance a large portion of it with bonds.

California collected nearly $8 billion in revenues for November topping projections in the governor's 2016-17 budget by 7.5%.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations that a Compton, Calif. deputy treasurer stole money from the city.

The Honolulu agency that oversees Oahu’s troubled multi-billion dollar elevated rail transit system gets a reprieve from a federal agency on its plans to fill a shortfall up to $2.3 billion.

Facing a projected two-year budget shortfall of $1.7 billion, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has proposed a biennial budget that the newly-reelected governor characterized as a “short-term” solution.