Far West

The East County AWP Joint Powers Authority plans to construct a water reclamation project using the debt.

Nevada law currently bans privately financed toll roads, but there is precedent for exemptions.

Issuers in five Far West states increased their borrowing the first half of the year, while four saw sizable decreases.

The rating agency estimated the cost of college and university capital needs at $750 billion to $950 billion over the next decade.

New sales of tax-exempt bonds in California have been gobbled up by buyers looking to shield income from the state's high taxes and to lock in yields.

The measure would have requested $20 billion of bond authority from voters in nine San Francisco-area counties; backers said they would try in a later year.

Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.

Efforts at every level to respond to the growing problem of extreme heat are beginning to reshape how state and local governments think about emergency management.

The utility had $542 million of outstanding tax-exempt special purpose revenue bonds issued through the Hawaii Department of Budget of Finance at year-end 2023.

It was a busy week for the nation's only publicly funded high-speed train project, which named a new CEO and debuted electric Caltrain cars following the Republican bill that aims to derail the "expensive mess."