Oregon

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Oregon's general obligation bond rating at AA-plus.

Portland, Ore., will need more than $2 billion over the next decade to bring its streets into good shape after years of neglect.

The city of Lebanon, Ore. is preparing to issue more than $14 million of refunding debt.

The Oregon Facilities Authority is preparing to sell a cross-border deal when it issues $71.1 million of bonds for Providence Health & Services in Washington.

The Tri-county Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon will sell $133.6 million of triple-A rated payroll tax bonds Sept. 9.

While growth rates and the trajectory of the economy have improved considerably, Oregon is not yet fully healed from the recession and may suffer from the retirement of older workers, the state's economic forecast showed.

Officials at Portland, Ore.'s Metro want to complete the bond financing of a long-delayed hotel adjacent to its convention center after a recent major courtroom victory.

Far West issuers sold $48.3 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2015, a 70% increase from the first six months of 2014 that was driven by refundings.

Portland, Ore., will execute its largest refunding in city history when it issues some $400 million of sewer system refunding bonds Aug. 18.

Oregon motorists seem eager to sign up for the state's new miles-traveled road fee system but Connecticut lawmakers are not interested.