Far West

Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. has expanded on the west coast and in Texas with addition of two municipal finance veterans.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will release new rules for the reform of money market mutual funds "in the near term," although it has not decided whether they should would apply to municipal funds, SEC chairman Mary Jo White told a House panel Tuesday.

The amount of capital appreciation bonds issued by school districts in California declined substantially in 2013 from previous years, according to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

The Alaska Legislature adjourned Friday after passing a revised version of the Knik Arm Bridge bill which would transfer control of the $900 million project to the State Department of Revenue.

A review from Fitch Ratings of sales tax revenues among local governments in California shows the economic recovery has been uneven.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital received Double A ratings from the three top rating agencies ahead of plans Monday to price $100 million in fixed-rate revenue bonds and $100 million of unrated, private placement, variable rate bonds.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Kauai County, Hawaii's general obligation bonds a notch to AA-minus from AA affecting $188 million in debt on April 24.

Lack of congressional action to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund means aging bridges will continue to deteriorate.

Alaska's $900 million project to build a bridge over the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet is a step closer to construction as the new funding plan makes its way through the state legislature.

Deciding a letter was not enough, U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas followed up with a visit Tuesday to the factory of the popular Sriracha hot sauce under fire from residents and the Irwindale City Council.