Far West

Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to exponentially increase spending to reduce homelessness as reports emerge that previous efforts aren't keeping pace.

Municipal triple-A benchmarks held steady as the focus was on the primary in which large new issues repriced to lower yields while secondary trading was light.

Sub-1% 10-year municipals and low ratios may test investor appetite for the asset class but it is hard to ignore the strong fundamentals and substantial fund flows in the backdrop.

Forward delivery sales, a replacement for tax-exempt advance refundings, could grow in 2021.

Fire scorched two million acres across both states, but muni credits remained relatively unscathed.

High-yield inflows return to the tune of $821 million. The 10-year triple-A hovers just above 1%.

Lawmakers added more money and projects to Idaho's Garvee program in 2017 partly to counter congestion from the state's massive population growth.

With 20 million vaccines administered and reduced infection rates, Gavin Newsom said it's time to begin looking at fully reopening the economy.

State court rulings have successfully challenged the need for more than a simple majority on voter-driven tax measures, most recently in San Francisco.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes securitizing future car registration fees to back bonds that speed construction of the electric vehicle charging stations.