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Stock market swings could affect California's credit quality, which is linked to its ability to maintain balanced fiscal operations that are heavily linked to the stock market's performance.

A House panel hearing on a federal oversight board for Puerto Rico has been rescheduled to Feb. 2 as a Republican governor is arguing against a Super Chapter 9 solution for the commonwealth but not ruling out bankruptcy protections for the territory's public authorities.

California cuts road and transit project funding by $754 million over five years as fuel sales tax revenues fall in step with pump prices.

California’s legislative analyst says lawmakers should modify the state’s cap-and-trade law on greenhouse emissions to ease spending restrictions on the program’s revenues.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker used Thursday night’s State of the State address to make a forceful call for immediate fiscal reforms and new revenue

The Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers is urging House and Senate leaders to pursue federal oversight of Puerto Rico but avoid bankruptcy access for the commonwealth.

Virginia planners determine that express toll lanes on Interstate 66 is best way to cut travel times.

California Public Employees' Retirement System chief executive officer Anne Stausboll announced Thursday that she will retire as the head of the nation's largest public pension fund.

California Gov. Jerry Brown wants the state’s budget surplus spent on roads and bridges and to pay down public employee retirement liabilities.

Dealer and advisor groups want revisions to a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board proposal to extend pay-to-play prohibitions to non-dealer municipal advisors.