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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board reported annual revenue of $39.9 million for the fiscal year ending in September, a 19% gain over last year's $33.5 million, according to the board's annual report, released Tuesday.

Alaska will sell $164 million of bonds next week after getting an upgrade to AAA by Fitch. The state now has triple-A ratings across the board.

If Congress fails to reach an agreement and enacts sequestration cuts, Los Angeles could lose $115 million in federal funding increasing the city's projected $216 million deficit for 2013-14.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell, who was officially inaugurated Wednesday and installed as the 14th mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, and pledges new era of cooperation with the city council.

Montana’s Governor-elect Steve Bullock said he doesn't plan to make any big course corrections to the direction fellow Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer has taken.

Moody¹s Investors Service has kept its short-term ratings on $185 million of East Bay Municipal Utility District revenue bonds after a change in standby bond purchase agreements.

California Gov. Jerry Brown will push to change school funding this year, according to reports.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is tentatively set to release his budget blueprint for the next fiscal year early this month.

The Treasury Department officially suspended the sale of State and Local Government Series securities at noon last Friday, perhaps minimizing the impact on the municipal bond market.

A process winding down California's redevelopment agencies remains complex and painful for successor agencies though a year has passed.