Far West

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to positive from stable on Wright Elementary School District, Calif.'s general obligation bonds, and affirmed its A-plus rating.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed budget would retool the state’s oil and gas tax credit system, cut hundreds of millions of spending, and impose an income tax.

California's Daughters of Charity Health System has closed on a management agreement with a hedge fund that is designed to keep the hospital chain out of bankruptcy.

Supporters of an initiative that would shift $8 billion in bond money from California’s high speed rail to water projects say their aim is to reprioritize how the state’s bond money is spent.

Stockton, Calif. has notched another legal win for its bankruptcy exit plan. That doesn’t mean the fight is over.

The Oregon Investment Council is shifting the state's investment strategy to include more infrastructure and renewable energy investments and to reduce its exposure to stock market volatility

California fell slightly short of revenue projections in November, but remains more than half a billion dollars ahead of budget projections for the first five months of the fiscal year, according to the state controller.

A San Diego City Council committee approved a June 2016 ballot measure that would earmark up to $5 billion for infrastructure repairs.

A provision in the new transportation funding law that lifts the ban on using tax-exempt bonds in conjunction with federal loans will result in lower borrowing costs for water utilities, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

A California Public Employees’ Retirement System plan to slowly revise investment return assumptions has Gov. Jerry Brown and others concerned that the massive pension fund could be exposing state and local governments to serious financial risk.