Far West

Of the 18 states with increasing poverty rates, all but three experienced increases in median household income.

The three states that rely on the Colorado River for their water supplies will not face federal rationing in 2016, a fact that is credit positive for bond issuers in the region, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The $9 billion California school bond proposed by a coalition of educational lobbyists and the building industry has qualified for the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot.

Washington State will sell more than $900 million of bonds next week, including a negotiated retail sale of its first-ever green bonds followed by a competitive sale Sept. 30.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s pending fee changes will be unfair and excessively burdensome, dealer and advisor groups told the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts has released the final version of its set of best practices for state government general obligation bond disclosure, the first part of an ongoing update to a set of recommended best practices from 2001.

Ambac Assurance Corp., in a bankruptcy court filing, says San Bernardino's plan of adjustment is more aspirational than real.

Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.

Issuance costs average 1.02% of principal nationally, while ranging to around 10% for some California school districts, according to a report from Public Sector Credit Solutions.

Standard & Poor's has put the San Mateo County (Calif.) Board of Education on negative watch and warned of a possible rating withdrawal later this month because the rating agency says the issuer is not providing information quickly enough.