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Fitch Ratings by Kern County, Calif. ratings on negative watch over financial woes being experienced by a county-owned hospital.

Rocketship Education, a San Jose-based charter organization, is moving forward with plans to open a charter school in Morgan Hill, Calif. despite failing to secure approval from the city council.

A measure to restore some funding that Orange County, Calif., lost during changes in apportionment of a state vehicle license fee passed the California legislature.

Holders of debt issued by Detroit; Harrisburg, Pa.; Jefferson County, Ala.; and Stockton, Calif.; are unlikely to get outcomes even as favorable as investors during the Great Depression, according to a report issued Thursday by Moody's Investors Service.

A tax-exempt bond advisory panel to the Internal Revenue Service has recommended that the agency publish three documents to provide guidance to issuers of small governmental bond issues and conduit borrowers of small 501(c)(3) nonprofit bond issues about complying with arbitrage rebate and yield restriction requirements.

Washington is planning to sell $295 million of bonds backed by federal highway grants next week to continue financing its floating bridge project over Lake Washington.

The bifurcated recovery between California's coastal and inland regions continues to be a drag on the state's economy, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast's third quarterly report of 2013.

Santa Clara, Calif. must return approximately $273 million it received from its now dissolved redevelopment agency, according to a review from the State Controller.

A group of San Bernardino residents achieved success in efforts to have three city officials face a recall election during the city’s regular primary election on Nov. 5.

The West Coast Infrastructure Exchange, has released a draft of standards to help select the public infrastructure projects it will support for private investment.