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Existing California law requires hospitals to be fully operational after a large earthquake by 2030. The Senate has passed a bill to extend the deadline.

The state's new law requires companies like investment banks to provide written verification of their positions, part of a trend among similar bills aimed at preventing Wall Street banks from lying about their positions, said a firearms industry lobbyist.

The legislature addressed the cost of a $329 million property tax refund in the state's largest county as well as passed a fiscal 2025 budget.

Laura Allen, former president of the Government Finance Officers Association, hands the baton off to Tanya Garost at a time when the group is taking new steps to recruit and engage with its members.

The county hopes one-time revenues will help it "live to fight another day" as it awaits a state-assisted financial plan.

The one-notch upgrade from Fitch Ratings comes as the county plans to to sell up to $900 million in two lease revenue bond deals this summer.

Oversight Board Executive Director Robert Mujica said the only recently released fiscal 2022 ACFR showed revenues and expenditures continue to be imbalanced.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.9 billion.

Milwaukee Public Schools is months late in submitting the annual financial audit reports amid turmoil that has seen its superintendent and comptroller depart.

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The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.2 billion.

Darren Olson of the American Society of Civil Engineers joins to discuss the importance of resilient infrastructure and the impact of federal funding on America's future.

Controversy over where to build a new jail has delayed further issuance of $260 million of voter-approved bonds after an initial $45 million sale.

Many issuers are trying to understand rating agency methodology changes that could affect more than a third of them.

Restoring tax-exempt advance-refunding remains a top legislative priority.

The use of unregistered municipal advisors in the public-private partnership sector can lead to unnecessarily expensive deals for cities and states, said SEC's Dave Sanchez.

Her abrupt suspension of the tolling plan for Lower Manhattan leaves a $15 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital budget.

Dual threats of lawsuits and loss of investors loom over calling the bonds.

Cities and states should carefully review the joint federal proposal and flag anything that may create a market problem, said the SEC's Dave Sanchez.

The Canadian finance official says local governments in the U.S. and Canada face similar challenges but also can learn from each other.