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Dustin McDonald, the current director of the Government Finance Officers Association’s federal liaison center, is leaving GFOA on Friday to lead the marijuana technology company Weedmaps’ government relations practice.

The future of pension obligation bonds remains cloudy in California in the wake of the haircuts imposed on their holders in the San Bernardino and Stockton bankruptcies.

In a near unanimous vote, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday passed a bill that includes $1.4 billion in federal funding for Flint, Mich. as well as any other community facing a water crisis.

San Bernardino is on track to exit bankruptcy by the end of the year, City Attorney Gary Saenz said.

After having been withdrawn from the energy bill in the Senate, controversial legislation to provide federal funds to Flint, Mich., and any other community facing a water crisis, has been included in a major water bill introduced in the chamber this week.

State budget conditions vary widely as of late fiscal 2016, with the overall picture getting better while states with less diversified economies face significant stress, Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.

Three Democratic Senators representing states without sales taxes recently wrote a letter to Senate leadership opposing federal legislation that would impose an Internet tax sales tax on its businesses.

Hawaii signed a lease agreement with Kaiser Permanente in which the health system will take over three struggling Maui hospitals.

The recent decision by the California State Teachers’ Retirement System to change its investment policy and reduce expected asset return volatility, is credit positive for California and its school districts , Moody's Investors Service said.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services this week revised its outlook to negative from stable on both the District of Columbia’s bonds outstanding issued for National Public Radio (NPR) and on its issuer credit rating for the media organization.