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California public power credits should remain strong through a “radical transformation” of the state’s energy supply caused by legislative mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

Voter-approved bonds are providing loan money to support the creation of affordable rental homes for San Francisco’s low-income and homeless families and seniors.

A committee charged by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval with finding ways to ramp up tourism advanced a proposal to use $750 million of public money to bring the Oakland Raiders football team to Las Vegas.

State and local governments and showing a wide variety of impacts from the collapse of the oil market that began two years ago, ratings analysts say.

San Bernardino's city attorney said the California city is on track to exit bankruptcy by the end of the year though two major creditors are trying to extend the process.

The securities fraud jury verdict against the city of Miami and its former budget director Michael Boudreaux on Wednesday will likely embolden the Securities and Exchange Commission to litigate rather than settle cases against issuers and their officials, lawyers said on Thursday.

The Senate on Thursday passed the long-stalled Water Resources Development Act of 2016 that would provide millions of federal dollars to Flint, Mich. and any other community facing a water crisis.

Oregon's economy continues to expand at full throttle despite some worrisome long-term signs, according to the state's newly-released economic forecast.

As California charter school enrollment has increased, so have conflicts over their access to school construction bond funds.

San Diego will build an 11-mile extension of its Blue Line light rail system with a $1 billion federal transit grant.