Far West

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.

After more than four years, San Bernardino has a clear path to exit its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The president-elect would finance his trillion dollar plan through tax credits, bypassing state and local governments, and may move to tax the interest on their municipal bonds.

A proposed continuing resolution that would fund federal programs and services through April 28, 2017, and a long-awaited bipartisan water bill would provide about $170 million For Flint, Mich., and other water infrastructure health initiatives.

A bankruptcy judge will hear from last major holdout in the San Bernardino, Calif. bankruptcy case.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $55 million of general obligation limited tax water reclamation bonds that were issued in 2007 by the Clark County, Nev. Water Reclamation District.