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San Francisco’s water utility will issue almost $860 million of water revenue refunding bonds in a negotiated deal.

The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.

Technology-driven transportation projects will be funded with $15 million of new federal Smart Cities grants.

California’s treasurer blocked Wells Fargo from bond underwriting and other business relationships, as shockwaves from a fake accounts scandal in the company’s retail bank rocked the fifth-largest municipal underwriter.

California Treasurer John Chiang will make an announcement regarding Wells Fargo Bank at a press conference this afternoon.

S&P Global came out with three favorable reports on California.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development veteran Margaret Salazar will become the new director of Oregon Housing and Community Services Nov. 1.

A bill introduced in the House would make municipal bonds issued by historically black colleges and universities tax-exempt at the federal, state and local levels.

Next month Alaska will pay out some $657 million as part of its annual dividend to its citizens, a drastically reduced amount that Gov. Bill Walker is hoping will hammer home the need for significant fiscal reform in the state.

Report from GAO finds states challenged by need to fund bridge projects from limited resources.