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Loma Linda University Medical Center received mixed messages from two rating agencies as it prepares what will be the municipal bond market’s largest junk rated deal of the year so far.

Douglass P. Selby will be the new head of public finance at Hunton & Williams, and John O’Neill will lead the public-private partnership practice group.

Alaska municipalities may bear the brunt of the state’s oil-driven budget crisis.

State and federal officials signed an agreement to remove four hydroelectric dams in California and Oregon at an estimated cost of $290 million, part of which will be paid through California bonds.

Four California energy agencies warned Tuesday of power outages as they released a joint plan for handling a natural gas shortage resulting from a leak at Southern California’s primary gas storage facility.

Berkeley Unified School District, Calif. will sell $18 million of general obligation bonds next week, buoyed by a Fitch Ratings AAA.

This week’s Los Angeles Department of Water and Power water revenue bond sale will benefit from an upgraded bond rating and a rate increase.

The District of Columbia’s proposed six-year capital improvements plan includes $6.3 billion in infrastructure spending, nearly $4.3 billion of which will be financed with the issuance of municipal bonds.

San Bernardino’s bankruptcy settlement agreement with pension bondholders is a credit negative, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Los Angeles emphasized the tech industry’s growing importance as an economic driver at its third regional investor’s conference.