Far West

Brian Sandoval, Nevada's Republican governor, overcame critics in his own party to push through a tax package that is expected to steer the state onto sounder fiscal ground.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tapped Oakland International Airport’s director, Deborah Ale Flint, to head Los Angeles World Airports.

Michelle Aguirre was named Orange County, Calif.'s chief financial officer replacing Frank Kim, who was promoted to county executive officer in May.

Moody’s Investors Service deemed the failure of a bill that would have repealed a reserve limit for California school districts to be a credit negative

President Obama threatens to veto a House committee's fiscal 2016 transportation appropriations bill over low funding levels.

Los Angeles city officials introduced a motion to place the burden of repairing and maintaining 11,000 miles of city sidewalks on homeowners and business owners.

Municipal issuers spent $2,000 to $18,000 to do continuing disclosure reviews under the Securities and Exchange Commission's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative and the vast majority of them felt they were forced to do them, the Government Finance Officers Association said during a spirited panel discussion here Tuesday.

Dealer groups and banks remain highly concerned that the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposed core municipal advisor rule could limit the services they offer, while non-dealer advisors told the Securities and Exchange Commission that the proposal needs more clarification in several ways.

The Government Finance Officers Association is trying to galvanize public officials to pressure federal banking regulators into more permissive rules classifying municipal securities as high-quality liquid assets under the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) rule adopted last year.

A long-term transportation bill offered by the Senate Finance Committee would be likely to include some new type of private-activity bond, a Government Finance Officers Association official said here.