Far West

The Port of Portland is planning to sell nearly $100 million of revenue bonds next week for the Portland International Airport.

States are losing more than $1 billion a year by giving breaks on jet fuel taxes to airlines, the Unite Here International Union said in a new report.

A push from California Republicans to reverse a proposal to cap budget reserves among school districts failed to gain the necessary support in the legislature last week.

Nevada made a splash earlier this year with plans for its biggest P3 yet. Now the state has reversed course after finding it would be less expensive to manage and fund the project itself.

Non-dealer municipal advisors are concerned that the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's draft core MA rule contains an exemption for "inadvertent advice," while broker-dealers say certain aspects of the rule are too vague and too broad.

Oregon, which invented the gasoline tax in 1919, is on the road to be the first state to shift to a mileage-based user fee for highway funding.

A recent decision by the California Public Employees' Retirement System to approve new pension calculations will increase the costs of pension obligations among public employers, according to Fitch Ratings.

Audits conducted by the state controller's office found that a California prison and psychiatric hospital have engaged in improper payroll practices, resulting in the overpayment of many state employees.

A bill to put a $4.3 billion school facilities bond on the November ballot died in the California Senate in the face of opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown

Former Congressman Mel Levine reappointed to board that sets policy for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.