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Standard & Poor's has upgraded the rating on San Jose-Evergreen Community College District's general obligation bonds based on its improved financial performance.

The University of California will bring $950 million of revenue bonds to market next week in a tax-exempt and taxable deal to fund construction projects throughout its campuses.

The Fix L.A. Coalition, a group of union and progressive organizations, released a report suggesting the city could substantially reduce the $204 million in bank and money management fees that it paid last year to Wall Street firms.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board unanimously voted not to delay the implementation of new reporting requirements for governments that provide their employees with pensions, after the Government Finance Officers Association and other groups pressed for a postponement.

Municipal bonds are a better option than P3s for water utilities, an environmental advocate told a special House P3 panel Tuesday.

The authority planning a long-stalled bridge across Alaska's Knik Arm wants lawmakers to shift the project from a public-private partnership to traditional public financing.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed San Diego Unified School District's Aa3 general obligation bond rating.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Julia Teska as his new budget chief and director to replace Jeff Mohlenkamp who will retire on April 4.

The Anaheim Public Financing Authority plans to price $265 million of lease revenue bonds on Tuesday to fund an expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center.

Hercules officials said they plan to seek to have the city's CCC-plus rating from Standard & Poor's reinstated.