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Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed an agreement with the Navy to coordinate the human and financial resources of the state and the Department of Defense to advance clean energy projects.

Idaho’s Housing & Finance Association bonds were downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service ahead plans to price $37.2 million today.

California and Oregon voters may soon have the opportunity to vote on controversial soda taxes which could bring in millions of extra dollars annually.

San Diego’s Regional Transportation Agency faces opposition from environmental groups to a tax measure for November’s ballot that would raise $18 billion for the region’s transportation project

No single individual played a more critical role in defending the authority of cities, counties, and states to issue state and municipal debt.

A sharp rebound in oil prices won't be enough to rescue Alaska from its $3 billion annual spending deficit or protect it from possible further downgrades, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

A more than $200 million bond-financed hotel near Portland, Oregon's convention center that had faced years of legal challenges appears on track to open in late 2019.

California revenues came in $7 million above the month’s forecast for May, the state’s Department of Finance reported.

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a fiscal 2017 appropriations bill that would maintain current funding levels for both the Internal Revenue Service and Securities and Exchange Commission as well as increase federal funding for the District of Columbia.

California lawmakers approved a $122.5 billion budget that largely followed the blueprint Gov. Jerry Brown outlined in May, but also failed to tackle the issue of the state’s crumbling roads and highways.