Far West

Hawaii may face competition in the bond market Nov. 1, when it plans to price $821 million in general obligation bonds in a combined new money/refunding deal.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $43.26 million of subordinate revenue bonds that the Coral Springs, Fla., Improvement District sold in 2007 to finance water and sewer system improvements.

New head of state highway officials group seeks national economic stability through sustainable federal transportation funding.

After a four-day strike, union workers and San Francisco Bay Area Transit management have reached a tentative agreement on labor contracts.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District strike is a credit negative for the transit system, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System plans to appeal the bankruptcy court ruling declaring San Bernardino eligible to be in Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The Treasury Department announced Thursday that it is resuming the sale of state and local government series securities at 1 p.m., EDT, after the longest suspension in 17 years.

Teveia Barnes and Ruben Rojas, the duo named to head the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, plan to make the I-Bank a more active lender.

Sentencing for convicted bid-rigger David Rubin has been pushed back to Dec. 3 from Oct. 18, at the request of defense attorneys who said they needed more time to prepare an analysis disputing the $11.5 million of restitution federal prosecutors are seeking.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear California Gov. Jerry Brown's appeal of a lower court ruling that the state cut its prison population by 9,600 prisoners.