Law and legal issues

Orange County is out of the woods, but other California governments face challenges.

Puerto Rico's oversight board's decision against the power authority's restructuring support agreement moves $9 billion of debt closer to bankruptcy.

A court decision on Illinois Medicaid bill payments could come on the last day of a special session.

The developer of a Florida passenger train service may forgo private activity bonds.

A deal to restructure $9 billion of Puerto Rico electric debt fell apart as a federal control board rejected the accord Tuesday, pushing the island’s main power utility closer to a potential bankruptcy.

South Carolina reactor owners continue to review their options after Westinghouse’s bankruptcy.

Lawyers for Medicaid recipients will ask a judge to order Illinois to pay nearly $1.1 billion more a month.

A California court handed a partial win to both sides in litigation between water providers.

The Trump administration joined the Texas state government's defense of its anti-"sanctuary city" law.

San Bernardino is working to put bankruptcy in the rear-view mirror as it executes the plan of adjustment.

Even with a new legal challenge pending, Jefferson County plans to price refunding warrants in July.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- As bad as the city's finances are, every little bit helps. And a little bit of help is coming in the form of a $50,000 franchise fee to install cellular antennas on light poles.

A Northern California charter school operator with four schools wants to move into Chapter 7.

Federal prosecutors have asked Miami-Dade County to provide records of all affordable housing projects funded through a $137 million bond program that helps finance rental apartments for low-income people, according to a wide-ranging subpoena obtained Friday by the Miami Herald.

A feud over tax relief between Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and the GOP may hurt a bond rating.

The judge overseeing Puerto Rico’s Title III bankruptcy process named five judges to help mediate disputes over island government and sales tax bonds in the biggest municipal restructuring in U.S. history.

Owners of under-construction nuclear reactors in Georgia reached a settlement with Toshiba and bankrupt Westinghouse.

Florida retiree Martin Kessler, 93, opposes the Poinciana Community Development District’s bond issue.

Issuing $2.1 million in municipal bonds was essential to helping the city of South Tucson, Ariz., emerge from bankruptcy in 1984.

Chicago’s chief financial officer says bankruptcy isn’t on the table for Chicago Public Schools.