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Maryland voters will decide whether to constitutionally prohibit lawmakers from diverting transportation-dedicated tax revenues to other purposes.

Hawaii plans to enter the market with a $1.1 billion general obligation sale in November, a week after voters select a new governor.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is proposing to establish limits on the gifts and non-cash benefits municipal advisors can provide in their professional capacities.

Seattle's City Light Department sold $265 million of revenue bonds in a competitive offering Wednesday for the city's light and power system.

California's drought has added a sense of urgency to a proposal for a $900 million seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Most of the Californians interviewed in a recent Public Policy Institute of California survey said they would vote for the $7.5 billion state water bond measure.

Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on Hawaii to stable from positive, affirming its AA rating ahead of plans to price $1.1 billion in debt.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on debt issued for the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon to A-minus from BBB-plus.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the rating on Antioch Unified School District based on its weakened financial position.

A new train station in downtown Dallas may be the northern terminal of a 240-mile privately financed high-speed rail line to Houston.