Far West

Fitch ratings affirmed LA/Ontario International Airport, Calif.’s A-minus rating, but also maintained a negative outlook.

Standard & Poor's assigned an A-plus long-term rating to San Francisco State Building Authority's lease revenue refunding bonds and Oakland State Building Authority's lease revenue refunding bonds.

Los Angeles International Airport received rating affirmations ahead of plans to price $302 million in general airport revenue bonds.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Monday that he has accepted financial support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance Program to address damage caused by an August storm in the North Slope Borough.

Sales of State and Local Government Series Securities will resume Tuesday at noon EST, the Treasury Department said, after President Obama signed legislation Monday that suspends the debt limit through March 15, 2017.

The National Governors Association has hired Scott Pattison to be its new executive director and chief executive officer.

Greenhouse gas regulations could cause declines in Wyoming's employment and revenues due to lowered demand for the coal the state produces, a University of Wyoming professor said recently.

Hawaii's airport system received upgrades from two rating agencies and an improved outlook ahead of a $250 million bond sale.

The more than 250 amendments filed to the House's proposed six-year highway bill include a proposal to raise the federal gasoline tax by 15 cents.

The Administration has concluded that, as part of a comprehensive approach to Puerto Rico's crisis, a tested federal bankruptcy regime is necessary.