Far West

Honolulu achieved $50 million in interest savings on a $699 combined new money and refunding bond sale that priced Wednesday.

Freight transport executives are pushing Sacramento to support California ports by making them a funding priority.

Santa Barbara, Calif., will borrow $55 million from the state to reopen a closed desalination plant as it deals with a serious drought.

A coalition of state and city finance officials led by Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner wants the SEC to require greater transparency from PE firms that manage public pension funds.

In a report with statewide resonance, an Orange County, Calif. civil grand jury report criticized the oversight of $2.7 billion of debt issued by community facilities districts in the county.

Washington state will be among the biggest beneficiaries of Medicaid changes under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings

Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Sen. David Vitter, R-La., have introduced bipartisan disaster tax relief bills that include several bond provisions.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is proposing rate increases over a five year period on the water and power side to deal with an aging infrastructure.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a bipartisan, modified, two-year tax extenders bill that includes several provisions relating to bonds and Puerto Rico.

San Francisco's $25 billion construction portfolio, including bond-financed projects, suffers from a serious lack of oversight, according to a new report from the county's Civil Grand Jury.