Far West

Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont., maintained its Baa2 rating, but received a negative outlook from Moody's.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the GOs of El Rancho Unified School District, Calif., A2 from A1 and gave the district a negative outlook.

Transportation infrastructure funding is at a crossroad in 2014, as lawmakers confront the necessity of finding ways to bolster the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund while supporting efforts to ensure the nation's airports and ports maintain a global economic edge.

Transportation infrastructure funding is at a crossroad in 2014, as lawmakers confront the necessity of finding ways to bolster the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund while supporting efforts to ensure the nation's airports and ports maintain a global economic edge.

FirstSouthwest is protesting against "restrictive" conditions included in a request for quotations issued by the Greater Texoma Utility Authority in Texas, which said it will only consider proposals from a financial advisor that is independent from a broker-dealer.

California's Legislative Analyst Office said the proposed Pension Reform Act of 2014 could save hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in the long run for the state and local governments.

A decline in Hawaii's unemployment rate will result in a $300 per employee drop in taxes paid by the state's businesses.

A California company that has strived for a decade to build a plant to turn rice straw into fiberboard received another extension from a conduit issuer on plans to issue $175 million in private activity bonds.

Moody's Investors Service has placed $6.6 billion of the California Department of Water Resources bonds on review for upgrade.

Maryland Transportation Authority will generate less than $10 million a year in toll revenue from express lanes on a $1.1 billion highway improvement project.