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California high-speed rail officials said they plan to start the $64.2 billion project in the north, rather than in the south.

Hunton & Williams LLP has hired David Horner as a partner to work in the firm's infrastructure public-private partnerships practice.

Squire Patton Boggs, a leading muni bond firm, is merging with the San Francisco-based international litigation firm of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough.

Standard & Poor’s revised Huntington Park, Calif.’s outlook to stable citing concerns about the city’s operating deficits.

The Wyoming Senate rejected a measure that would have expanded Medicaid in the state, a step Gov. Matt Mead had urged support of and that he said would have brought more federal money to Wyoming.

The California Department of Finance said the state government’s revenues for January fell short of projections contained in Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal by $148 million.

Georgia's recently enacted supplemental state budget dedicates $750 million to transportation projects.

The Securities and Exchange Commission told Miami, Miami-Dade County, and the Marlins that no enforcement action will be recommended after a four-year-long inquiry into the financing of the team's $615.7 million stadium.

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco gave attendees of a Town Hall Los Angeles event a glimpse into what the Fed might announce at its March meeting.