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The Oregon Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the legality of a bond-financed hotel near the Oregon Convention Center, a project that has been tied up in legal difficulty for years.

EAX Trading pulled the plug last week on a two-year effort to launch a municipal bond electronic trading platform aimed at the secondary market.

In a first-of-a-kind action, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board released a compliance advisory for municipal advisors on Thursday to help them understand and implement new regulations.

Employment in Oregon's film industry has grown 75% in five years, Gov. Kate Brown said as supporters say the industry brings economic benefits despite significant tax concessions.

Rating changes are likely for hundreds of credits as Moody's Investors Service prepares a methodology revision for moral obligations, lease-revenue bonds and other appropriation-backed credits.

Patrick Sweeney, Fidelity Capital Markets' senior vice president and manager of the municipal securities department, joined the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Thursday, replacing Edward Tishelman, who left TD Securities.

Recent MCDC settlements provide guidance concerning the scope of materiality in continuing disclosure obligations.

Standard & Poor's downgraded the underlying rating of Snohomish County School District No. 15 in Edmonds, Wash. to AA-minus from AA

California received $6.4 billion in tax revenues in October soaring 5.7% higher than last year’s figures.

San Francisco mayor Ed Lee is touting the Board of Supervisors' approval of a downtown affordable housing project that will provide homes for lower-income residents while also helping to pay for local infrastructure.