Alaska

Alaska plans to issue $163 million of bond anticipation notes and $95 million of general obligation bonds later this month.

Seattle's Sound Transit gets a $1.3 billion federal loan to revive voter-approved $4 billion light rail project stalled by revenue drop.

Standard & Poor's warned that the plunge in oil prices could hurt Alaska's credit rating, unless the state takes action to address its deficit.

Moody's Investors Service has revised its outlook on Aaa-rated Alaska to negative from stable as plunging oil prices threaten to reduce the state's budgetary reserve.

The state of Alaska recently lowered its revenue forecast due to declining oil prices, with no immediate impact on its credit rating, according to Fitch Ratings.

Falling oil prices add fiscal pressure to five of the nation's top energy-producing states, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Alaska has an edge over North Dakota in credit quality because of its exceptional fiscal reserves, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The failure of an Alaska ballot initiative that would have overturned new oil production tax incentives was deemed a credit positive by Moody's Investors Service.

The Far West Region mirrored the U.S. with municipal bond sales dropping 24.8% during the first half of 2014 compared to the same period a year earlier.

The Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority is planning to sell $43 million of general obligation bonds in a competitive offering in June.

The state of Alaska had its first budget deficit this year after years of large surpluses, but its credit strength still remains very strong, according to a report from Standard & Poor’s.

The Alaska Legislature adjourned Friday after passing a revised version of the Knik Arm Bridge bill which would transfer control of the $900 million project to the State Department of Revenue.

Alaska's $900 million project to build a bridge over the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet is a step closer to construction as the new funding plan makes its way through the state legislature.

The Alaska State Senate passed a $2.1 billion budget bill on Friday, along with other bills authorizing bond issuances.

Voters in Anchorage, Alaska approved the issuance of more than $80 million of general obligation bonds for various capital improvements throughout the city, according to unofficial election results.

The authority planning a long-stalled bridge across Alaska's Knik Arm wants lawmakers to shift the project from a public-private partnership to traditional public financing.

Alaska is planning to sell $170 million of short-term debt to finance transportation projects in a competitive offering next week.

Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded a health care system with hospitals in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, ahead of its $108 million refunding deal.

Sales of municipal bonds in the Far West bucked the national trend in 2013 by rising from 2012, as new money swapped with refundings as the market driver in the region.

The Alaska Municipal Bond Bank is planning to sell $62 million of taxable and tax-exempt bonds next week to help local governments finance new projects.