Colorado

As the University of Colorado prepares for the start of fall classes later this month, construction work continues across campus.

Although the board won't finalize the ballot language until August, the district will request a bond issue not to exceed $33 million for the construction projects.

Morgan Stanley won the auction for both tranches of $261 million of debt.

Denver will combine a current refunding with the first sale of new bonds approved by voters last November.

S&P Global Ratings elevated its outlook for Colorado's AA issuer credit rating to stable.

Healthcare giant Catholic Health Initiatives now has a stable outlook on its Baa1 rating from Moody's Investors Service.

Moody's sees minimal, but still credit positive, revenue effects for governments that tax legal cannabis.

State lawmakers compromised on legislation that provides $2.3 billion of bond authority for transportation and boosts funding for the state's lagging pension fund.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a $28.9 billion state budget.

Amid teacher protests, Colorado lawmakers have two weeks to clear a backlog of bills that include a $5 billion transportation bond authorization and a pension funding measure.

Aging and outdated facilities, and the accompanying drain on finances, has been a recurring topic of discussion in the chambers of the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board of education.

The state government is issuing $132.5 million of certificates of participation for upgrades at the venue of the 111-year-old National Western Stock Show

With parking revenue under fire from services like Uber and Lyft, large airports are turning to technology to make their lots more competitive.

Municipal bond volume across the eight-state Southwest region in 2017 fell 9% below its 2016 record.

The healthcare not-for-profit reported a major turnaround in revenues as it continues to pursue a merger with Dignity Health.

Activists are pushing the council to submit to voters a large housing bond.

The "transformative" effect of landing the second Amazon headquarters is likely to help the economy of the winning government, according to S&P.

Colorado lawmakers enter their 2018 session with election-year politics on their mind and more money in their pockets.

Colorado and its private partners on redevelopment of a 10-mile section of Interstate 70 are in the market with $116.9 million of PABs.

Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health will combine operations under a new name and new Chicago headquarters.