Nevada

Gov. Steve Sisolak plans to dedicate $500 million in federal funds to developing affordable housing.

The city’s financial status was so distressed after the 2008 economic crash that there was talk of insolvency.

If Nevada surpasses $500 million in gaming revenues in December, it will become the greatest single-year total.

Arizona, Nevada and California agreed to bank more water in the rapidly shrinking Lake Mead as drought wreaks havoc on Colorado River water supplies.

Fitch cited the state's stronger-than-anticipated rebound from the pandemic's lows in revising the outlook on its AA-plus rating from negative.

New money volume in the Far West was up 31.9% to $29.5 billion, while refunding volume rose a more modest 11%.

Moody's revised the outlook on Nevada's GOs and COPs to stable from negative.

Brightline Holdings will wait until 2022 to try again to finance a passenger train to Las Vegas from Southern California with tax-exempt bonds.

Arizona and neighboring states are preparing for the first mandatory cuts in water from the Colorado River after 20 years of drought.

Gov. Steve Sisolak opted to form a joint committee to study the idea, rather than proposing legislation this session.