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Fitch Ratings upgraded California's issuer default rating to AA-minus from A-plus ahead of a $2.7 billion general obligation bond sale.

Hillary and Bill Clinton released their 2015 tax return on Friday showing they paid an effective federal income tax rate of 34.2% on $10.59 million of adjusted grow income.

California revenues fell short of estimates in the 2016-17 Budget Act, according to State Controller Betty Yee’s monthly cash report.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen has introduced a bill that would create a federal green bank to provide loans and loan guarantees to help regional, state and local green banks finance clean energy and energy efficiency projects.

California Treasurer John Chiang's efforts to combat pay-to-play activities among local issuers received mixed reviews from municipal bond industry participants.

The Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority received a green bond assessment of GB1 for $8.78 million of water system revenue bonds on Wednesday from Moody's Investors Service -- the first GBA the rating agency has issued in the U.S.

An audit that accused Los Angeles of wasting millions of dollars in interest costs by issuing bonds too soon “over-simplified important factors,” said the head of the office in charge of the city’s bond issuance.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is arguing that any court challenge to the constitutionality of revised Rule G-37 on political contributions can be made when an enforcement action is taken over a violation of the rule.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft feasibility report on a project to make the Port of Seattle one of North America's deepest harbors.

The controversial $15.7 billion plan to build two giant water tunnels in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is moving closer to reality though huge financial and legal challenges loom.