Washington

Low-interest federal TIFIA loans cut borrowing costs for West Coast transportation agencies.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a budget avoiding a shutdown at the last possible moment.

A $60.5 million bond would cover costs of rebuilding much of Clarkston High School as well as making improvements to other schools in the Clarkston School District.

Othello School Board members will decide sometime in July whether or not to submit a construction bond.

Washington State lawmakers are unable to come to an agreement on education funding as the fiscal year-end looms.

The Ridgefield School District has taken another step toward building its first new school in 40-plus years.

An attorney representing a group of Moses Lake residents who are challenging the outcome of last February's $135 million school construction bond election has filed an appeal with a court in Spokane this week.

The administration has released a fact sheet on its infrastructure initiative with some plans that contradict the fiscal 2018 budget proposal.

The Centralia, Wash., School District completed the sale of $74 million in voter-approved bonds on May 9, which will give the district the funds to move forward with plans to replace two elementary schools and to rebuild Centralia High School.

WARDEN, Wash. -- A proposed $14 million school bond for this tiny school district at the southeastern edge of Grant County failed to obtain the necessary 60 percent for approval.

The Moses Lake School Board voted Thursday evening to authorize the issuance of $135 million in bonds to build a second high school, a new elementary school, and refurbish the existing high school.

Ballot initiatives to fund Wenatchee, Wash., schools and construct a new Chelan hospital won hearty support from voters in Tuesday's special election tally.

Indiana lawmakers approved a budget deal late Friday that includes an increase in the state gas tax and paves the way for interstate highway tolls.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The city of Yakima's bond rating was recently downgraded due to what experts say is a weaker economy and less financial flexibility. But city officials aren't too concerned.

As Central Kitsap School District begins work on two of the four major renovation projects in its 2016 $220 million bond, the district is on schedule and on budget for the work, officials say.

Energy Northwest is preparing to price $592 million of revenue and refunding bonds.

The drama of the $135 million Moses Lake School construction bond continues.

A new piece of bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate today is aimed at allowing the SEC to increase fines for individuals and entities to better discourage future securities law violations

State and local officials try to enlist members of Congress in their fight against budget cuts proposed by President Trump.

The three state Republican groups will face off against the SEC and MSRB in oral arguments May 4 on whether a federal appeals court should vacate revisions the MSRB made to its rule on political contributions and curbing pay-to-play in the market.