Idaho

The Idaho Housing Finance Association earned a AAA rating from Fitch Ratings in front of plans to privately place a $202.6 million refunding of mortgage bonds.

The Idaho Bond Bank received an Aa1 affirmation from Moody’s Investors Service ahead of plans on Nov. 28 to price $64.5 million in revenue bonds.

Idaho's state controller, Donna Jones, retired to focus on recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident in May.

Moody’s Investors Service said the upcoming redemption of Idaho housing bonds is a positive for investors.

Action by the Idaho Legislature during the 2012 session made 48 auditing and tax collector positions permanent and made state tax laws more stringent, a local newspaper reported.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the senior and mezzanine structured-finance ratings on a 1999 series of single-family mortgage bonds issued by the Idaho Housing and Finance Association to A1 from Aaa and Aa2. The outlook is negative.

The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Tuesday approved HB 563, a measure that permanently cuts individual and corporate income taxes for top earners.

The Idaho Bond Bank Authority received a Aa1 rating from Moody’s Investors Service on $17.9 million of revenue bonds it planned to price this week.

Moody's Investors Service has extended the review period for a possible downgrade of $871 million of outstanding bonds sold by the Idaho Housing and Finance Association while the issuer works on a plan to shore up its balance sheet.

A bankruptcy judge has rejected the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing of sparsely populated Boise County.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Boise County, Idaho, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy Tuesday after losing an expensive court case.

Idaho voters Tuesday approved three constitutional amendments that make it easier for governments and agencies to issue revenue bonds.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Issuers in the Far West sold $43.36 billion of municipal bonds in 672 transactions during the first six months of 2010, according to Thomson Reuters, down from $47.12 billion in 600 transactions in the first half of 2009.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Idaho is a state of few Build America Bond deals and few competitive bond offerings.

SAN FRANCISCO — Idaho lawmakers adjourned this week after a session dominated by budget woes, while giving voters the chance to restore the ability of government-owned airports and hospitals to issue revenue bonds without a ­referendum.

In his combined state of the state and budget address Tuesday, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter proposed a fiscal 2011 budget that he said includes no spending increases, and also recommended additional cuts to the state’s current year spending plan.