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California's total reserves could grow to over $4 billion by the end of fiscal year 2016, according to estimates by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office.

Trends in the San Bernardino bankruptcy case put the city's bondholders on track to feel more pain than other creditors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has unanimously approved new rules to require self-regulatory organizations and alternative trading systems to strengthen their defenses against technological failures.

Fremont Unified School District sold $140 million of general obligation bonds on Tuesday to fund school projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area district.

A northern Idaho school district superintendent wants state legislators to sponsor a proposal that would allow school districts to use sales tax increases to pay for school construction.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve the MSRB's proposal to create baseline standards of professional qualification for municipal advisors.

State and local government groups are urging the House to pass the online sales tax legislation called the Marketplace Fairness Act, after a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said the Ohio Republican has problems with the bill and has no intention of moving it forward this year.

Many issuers mulling whether to self-report disclosure violations under a Securities and Exchange Commission initiative will probably weigh their decisions right down to the deadline, and will not see any further guidance from the SEC, a muni law expert told market participants Tuesday.

San Francisco's toll bridge agency is planning to sell $814 million of refunding and revenue bonds next month.