Colorado

A task force that has been studying the future of the Pueblo County jail has determined that the best option is to build a new facility -- a project that would need assistance from the public.

Boulder, Colo. hopes to succeed where many other local governments have failed.

A 5-2 Longmont, Colo., City Council majority decided Wednesday night to ask voters' authorization to sell an estimated $36.3 million in bonds to help finance the city's share of costs for the Windy Gap Firming Project.

A government enterprise that is building toll lanes on the Colorado 470 highway closed on $161.7 million of revenue bonds.

The Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority, Colo., on Tuesday chose H.W. Houston Construction of Pueblo as the preferred design-build contractor for the first phase of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo expansion.

A new Colorado law requires charter schools to share in local school districts' mill levy overrides.

Cork popping has given way to elbow grease as Academy School District 20 broke ground Tuesday on a $21 million elementary school where Research Parkway dead-ends at Wolf Valley Drive.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper won't call lawmakers back for a vote on $3.5 billion for highway bonds.

S&P Global Ratings named Ken Gacka to manage analysis of the not-for-profit healthcare sector.

The University of Colorado's bond rating has been upgraded, indicating to investors financial stability for CU's current and future bonds, according to a Tuesday press release.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper may call lawmakers back to reconsider a transportation bill.

The U.S. Olympic Museum could break ground in the next several weeks after a Colorado Springs redevelopment agency agreed Friday to issue bonds that will provide a crucial piece of funding for the $75 million project.

Moody’s Investors Service retained a negative outlook on Catholic Health Initiatives $5.7 billion of rated debt after lowering the healthcare giant to Baa1 from A3. The downgrade comes less than a month after a similar move by S&P Global Ratings.

Parker Schenken, a veteran public finance attorney from Nebraska, will join the public finance team at Sherman & Howard in Denver, the firm said.

Nonprofit health giant Catholic Health Initiatives fell one notch to BBB-plus on S&P Global Ratings' scale Thursday due to a weakened financial profile, analysts said.

With a strong, fourth-quarter kick, bond volume in the Southwest set a second consecutive record at $83.4 billion, surpassing the 2015 total by 7.2%, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

With $9 billion of transportation projects awaiting funding, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is joining legislative leaders in supporting a $3.5 billion bond program for shovel-ready projects.

As the 2017 Colorado General Assembly gets underway, one measure lawmakers are expected to consider is a sales tax increase for a $3.5 billion transportation and infrastructure bond program.

A new Colorado Municipal Bond Club for people working in the municipal bond industry will provide networking and an annual ski outing, founders said.

Federal civil rights investigation will delay Colorado’s proposed $1.7 billion P3 highway expansion project.