Far West

California State Controller John Chiang released his monthly cash update for February, showing the state's revenues came in above projections.

Washington State lawmakers are working to pass a bill that would authorize lottery-backed bonds to fund school construction projects throughout the state.

Construction associations and labor unions have formed a grassroots coalition to pressure Congress for additional investment in transportation infrastructure.

Standard & Poor's Rating Services joined two other rating agencies in lowering the rating on North Las Vegas’ limited-tax general obligation debt to junk. The outlook for the Las Vegas suburb is junk.

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., wants an additional $4 billion of tax-exempt private activity bonds available for transportation projects.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System said it lowering the $551,000 annual pension of convicted felon and former Vernon city manager Bruce Malkenhorst to $116,000 a year.

Alaska is planning to sell $170 million of short-term debt to finance transportation projects in a competitive offering next week.

The sentencing of municipal bond bid-rigger David Rubin has been postponed to 3:30 p.m. March 12.

Securities and Exchange Commission member Michael Piwowar has asked the staff of the Office of Municipal Securities to give him some proposals that he can push through the SEC to improve price transparency in the municipal market.

U.S. President Barack Obama included $250 million in his fiscal year 2015 budget for Honolulu's $5.2 billion elevated rail project that will extend 20 miles from the capitol city to the opposite side of the island of Oahu.