Far West

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Lake Elsinore Unified School District, Calif.’s issuer rating to A3 from A2 and assigned a negative outlook.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has become chair of the National Governors Association for 2015-2016 and has unveiled an initiative to highlight governors' innovative solutions to crucial programs.

House plans to leave for a long recess Wednesday after voting on a 90-day extension of federal highway funding.

The Wyoming Community Development Authority is gearing up to issue $114 million to refund outstanding bonds and to purchase home loans as part of a program to make home buying easier for some state residents.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded to Baa3 from A2 the rating of Bingham County School District No. 55 affecting $5.4 million in debt.

Supporters of a California state school bond measure say they are confident of meeting a September deadline to gather enough signatures to place it on the November 2016 ballot.

Pension burdens increased in fiscal 2013 for 31 of the 50 local governments with the most debt outstanding in that year, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

Revenue offsets in the Senate's six-year transportation funding bill are $1 billion short of proposed general fund transfers.

Sacramento is set to sell $282 million of bonds to finance a basketball arena after prevailing in a lawsuit challenging the validity of the debt.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board revised its three online information facilities to add references to the self-regulator's core operational hours and highlight the 24/7 availability of a number of the systems' functions.