Nevada

Utilities serving 40 million people and 5 million acres of irrigated farm land agreed to a federal plan to keep water flowing amid a two-decade drought.

The region's 2018 new money bond sales were up 2% year-over-year, but refundings fell 57%.

Democratic control of the House of Representatives may lower the barrier to sustainable transportation funding, said Bond Buyer conference participants.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Nevada's AA rating to positive from stable.

Brightline, which runs a passenger train service in Florida, is taking over the XpressWest project.

Municipal bond buyers will see a varied group of issuers come to market this week, led by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Moody's boosted the revenue bond rating of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to Aa3.

Moody's Investors Service took the Nevada city up to Baa1.

S&P Global Ratings looked to 2017's California wildfires to understand the credit implications of this year's blazes.

Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.