Far West

San Bernardino, Calif. enters the final stage of its Chapter 9 bankruptcy with a plan for its pension obligation bondholders to take it on the chin.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Jessica Kane will be the new director of the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities and that Rebecca Olsen will be deputy director.

Congressional Democrats, White House may find it difficult to end short-term HTF extensions when latest one lapses.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveils an overhaul of the New York City Housing Authority, saying the agency is mired 'in its worst financial position in more than 80 years.

Municipal market trading volume fell 13% from the first quarter of last year, according to statistics released by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Tuesday.

The House voted 387 to 35 on a bill Tuesday night that would reauthorize surface transportation programs for another two months and avoid a cutoff of federal reimbursements to states for highway and transit projects during the busy construction season.

San Diego officials said the city will begin negotiations with the Chargers football team after a citizens' committee provided Mayor Kevin Faulconer with its final report.

Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles dropped 6% in April compared to the same period last year, according to port officials.

San Bernardino, Calif. is now planning to give bondholders significantly worse treatment than they have received in any municipal bankruptcy to date, Moody’s Investors Service said in a comment piece.

The House may vote Tuesday on a two-month extension of federal transportation funding that otherwise would end May 31.