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A Southern California company with $157 million of municipal bonds and once hailed as a model of cutting-edge technology is in liquidation. Enertech Environmental Inc. is in the process of being liquidated, said Geoffrey Berman, a vice president at Development Specialists Inc., a restructuring firm.

The District of Columbia will sell $900 million of income tax-secured bonds in November, the biggest amongst a rash of deals closing the calendar year.

The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve negotiations with Ontario, Calif. officials that could result in L.A./Ontario airport being returned to local control.

Slide show of Puerto Rico Public Private Partnerships P3s

Middle-market, fixed-income dealer firms are adding staffers to their compliance divisions, part of an expensive effort to comply with a host of new financial regulations coming from Washington, D.C., some executives said at a meeting here.

The credit worthiness of charter schools were called called into question a few weeks ago when Fitch Ratings put all of the charter school bonds it rates on negative watch.

Moody’s affirmed its underlying Aaa rating for Bellevue School District, Wash.'s $557 million of general obligation debt.

Washington's revenues collections saw a slight increase in September compared to the state’s June forecast.

The Nevada housing market could take decades to recover, said economist Jeremy Aguero during a forum hosted by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.

Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle dedicated the third and final boiler at the $302 million H-Power power plant that burns garbage to make electricity.