Nevada

S&P Global Ratings elevated Nevada's rating to AA-plus, two days after a Moody's upgrade.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded $1.2 billion of general obligation bonds to Aa1 from Aa2.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank agreed to issue $3.25 billion for the proposed line linking Vegas and Victorville, California.

The soccer league's drive for expansion pushed cities and owners to develop new stadiums to sweeten their bids.

Issuers in the nine-state Far West region sold $34.6 billion of municipal bonds in 2019's first six months.

The company behind the nation’s first privately owned intercity passenger railway in more than a century is seeking approval from California and Nevada to raise as much as $3.6 billion in tax-exempt bonds for a high-speed train linking southern California to Las Vegas.

Record inflows of cash to municipal-bond mutual funds coupled with the drop in tax-exempt yields has helped fuel the number of deals in more default prone sectors.

A city called the "double black diamond" of car driving is at the epicenter for autonomous-vehicle testing.

States struggle to reap the full benefits of the multibillion-dollar legal marijuana industry becuase of conflicts with federal law.

The highest-ranked states were mostly west of the Mississippi River, driven by expanding economies and population growth.