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Washington state will issue $673 million of highly rated general obligation bonds next week.

The Los Angeles school board named Michelle King superintendent of the nation’s second largest school district on Monday.

Oregon's Municipal Debt Advisory Commission Task Force will gather information about new categories of debt incurred by local governments, including bank loans and lines of credit.

The restrained budget proposed by California Gov. Jerry Brown will not require the state to issue short-term notes to smooth out cash flow in fiscal 2017, according to Fitch Ratings.

California revenues beat projections by $844.6 million for the first half of the 2015-16 fiscal year.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $3.6 million in federal funding for flood protection along the Los Angeles River as El Nino storms continue to roll in.

Omnibus federal budget law revives more than $2 billion of unexpended state road earmarks for new use.

Public pension fund advisors are among a handful of new examination priorities for the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2016.

A lawsuit filed late last week seeks to block construction Golden State Warriors event center and mixed-use development project in San Francisco.

The California Health Facilities Financing Authority will issue $500 million of revenue bonds next week for the Sutter Health hospital system in Northern California.