Nevada

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.

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.