California

Prager filed with for dissolution with FINRA last month and Dallas, Texas-based HilltopSecurities stepped in to snap up the bankers in a move that will bolster its East and West Coast muni presence.

The county supervisors follow a similar declaration from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to speed up efforts to deal with the homelessness crisis.

Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics and Marc Joffe, a senior policy analyst at Cato Institute, drill down into the economic health of the San Francisco Bay Area amid widely-reported tech industry layoffs.

Most recently a California deputy treasurer, Schaefer was a trader, a banker and advisor with a deep legacy as a municipal bond market expert and mentor.

Boyea brings more than three decades of public finance experience to the minority- and women-owned heavyweight firm's new office in California's state capital.

The administration gave priority to large bridge projects that are ready to proceed with construction.

Galperin has been a journalist, a lawyer, and a city controller. He plans to take his time before deciding what comes next.

Jenine Windeshausen specialized in creating innovative bond transactions during three decades with Placer County.

Nikolai Sklaroff replaces San Diego's Lakshmi Kommi on the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

As rising interest rates take pension obligation bonds off the table, city finance managers are looking to other methods to manage unfunded pension obligations.

The California Department of Finance aids the governor in drafting the preliminary budget that is released in January.

Agency says it's the highest general obligation bond rating it has received in 47 years.

Bass signed the declaration Monday as her first act as mayor.

The downgrade of Kaweah Delta Health Care District's revenue bonds to Ba1 affected $218 million of debt.

If a recession comes in third quarter, the forecast's economists said it will be mild and brief for both the nation and California.

After big oil hiked gas prices and made record profits, Gov. Newsom convened a special session of the Legislature and called for a price-gouging penalty on oil companies.

The spiderweb of funding sources for natural disaster recovery makes it hard to track the actual costs to state and local government of fighting wildfires.

Total November volume stood at $19.712 billion, the lightest of any month year-to-date, in 527 versus $37.073 billion in 1,055 issues a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data.

The Legislative Analyst's Office forecasts the state could face a $25 billion deficit in fiscal 2023-24.

New Jersey has overtaken Los Angeles as the busiest port in the U.S. The port attributed the decline to labor negotiations and retailers placing holiday orders this summer to avoid the potential for supply chain issues.