Far West

Carla A. Young, a former shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and Internal Revenue Service official, has joined Nixon Peabody as a tax partner in its public finance group.

Two more Ohio school districts have disclosed they are authorized to redeem BABs they issued in 2010 because of reduced subsidy payments due to sequestration.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to soon unveil a new price discovery tool on EMMA that will allow investors to compare the prices and yields of municipal securities that share the same characteristics.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's voluntary self-disclosure initiative sparked questions during a California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission webinar.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed securities fraud charges against a nonprofit charter school operator in Chicago for misleading investors of $37.5 million of bonds about conflicts of interest that could have jeopardized the ability to pay debt service.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., will propose a 12 cent per gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax to support highway and transit projects.

Bert A. Betts, who served as California's state treasurer in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at age 90.

San Pablo, Calif., acting as successor agency to its former redevelopment agency, is planning to a $52 million refunding deal to save millions in debt service payments.

The Southern California Logistics Airport Authority is using tax increment distribution revenue to cure most bond defaults, but will default on new payment, according to a document posted on EMMA.

Gov. Jerry Brown's revised proposal to change infrastructure financing district law needs more work in order to be useful, according to the League of California Cities.