Far West

Understanding your culture is a priority for the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority. While some doubt FINRA can do this, there are steps your firm can take to demonstrate adherence to rules and regulations that have an impact on the objective "indicators" of FINRA's cultural assessment.

Lisa Washburn, the new chair of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, wants NFMA this year to become more proactive in collaborative industry efforts to improve municipal bond disclosure and address changes in the municipal market.

Fitch Ratings has placed Alaska on a negative watch that the agency says should be resolved when the state passes a budget.

The Internal Revenue Service is preliminarily challenging the tax-exempt status of bonds issued in December 2010 by the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority in South Carolina to provide permanent financing for a system to treat and deliver methane gas from a landfill site to Kimberly-Clark Corp.

The Los Angeles Unified School District brings the largest deal of the muni primary market's busiest week in almost a year with the help of two freshly minted, high-level ratings.

Sacramento, Calif.’s creation of a long-term plan to fund its retiree healthcare benefits has put the city on a more sustainable trajectory, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

A 2.2 cents per gallon cut in California’s gasoline tax will reduce funding for road and transit projects.

Legislators are coalescing around a federal oversight authority for Puerto Rico that could take concerns over the commonwealth’s debt, pension, and economic crises and forge unique solutions using congressionally approved oversight and restructuring capabilities.

Republican lawmakers contend that President Obama is breaking last year's budget agreement with his fiscal 2017 DOT proposal.

Far West issuers sold $83.6 billion of municipal bonds in 2015, a 26.5% increase over the prior year, as refundings continued to drive volume.