Keeley Webster has covered the Bond Buyer's nine-state West Coast region for more than a decade. Prior to The Bond Buyer, she wrote about commercial real estate for the award-winning California Real Estate Journal until the paper folded. She moved into business reporting in 2000, but has covered politics, cops, courts, education and environmental issues for newspapers in seven different states. She has won several awards for her work, including an Associated Press award for in-depth reporting.
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California lawmakers were putting the finishing touches on the budget this week before the start of the fiscal year on July 1.
June 28 -
Two initiatives were dropped from the California ballot as Gov. Gavin Newsom worked to secure a legislative fix.
June 26 -
The agreement includes plans for a bill creating a constitutional amendment to allow the state to set aside greater sums in reserves.
June 24 -
The California Supreme Court issued an opinion Thursday blocking an anti-tax measure from November's ballot.
June 21 -
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.
June 21 -
Ten other pension obligation bonds are under review by Fitch Ratings as a result of the agency's new local government criteria.
June 14 -
The Biden administration's accelerated deadlines for exiting dirty energy like coal could pressure utilities already facing growing demand, the rating agency said.
June 12 -
"The shortage of accountants is not a brand new-issue, but it seems to be more thematic this year," said Richard Ciccarone, president emeritus of Merritt Research Services.
June 7 -
Co-authors of a bill to authorize a tax measure seen as crucial to Bay Area transit killed it amid opposition from multiple quarters.
June 3 -
Oregon Democrats and Republicans had opposite takes on the possibility the state could be dispersing a kicker credit of $582 million for the 2025-27 biennium.
May 31