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Lewis Feldman, the founding chair of Goodwin Procter’s Los Angeles office, has left the national law firm to run a firm that advises and invests in crowdfunding platforms.

California plans to price $446 million in veterans’ general obligation bonds on Oct. 7 and 8 in a combined refunding/new money sale so it can offer more home loans to veterans.

Royal Dutch Shell's decision to walk away from its unsuccessful drilling efforts in the Alaskan Arctic is credit negative for Alaska, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

Many public agencies in California do not have an internal control system to manage their bond funds, according to a draft report for a task force commissioned by State Treasurer John Chiang.

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to negative from stable on Live Oak School District, Calif. general obligation bonds.

Six advocacy groups are urging two key Senate Republicans to keep Congress from providing Puerto Rico with access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

Congress needs to raise the debt limit before Nov. 5, the date around when the Treasury Department is expected to exhaust the “extraordinary measures” it has been using to preserve the U.S. borrowing capacity, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told lawmakers.

California achieved $104 million in present value savings on a $548.2 million lease revenue bond refunding for the State Public Works Board, according to Treasurer John Chiang.

Utah Treasurer Richard Ellis has been tapped to serve a second three-year term as a public member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the AA-minus rating on Bay Area Toll Authority, Calif.’s approximately $5.7 billion outstanding senior lien toll bridge revenue bonds.