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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Nevada state officials have partnered with two companies that specialize in working with charter schools to create a $100 million revolving loan fund to build schools and refund existing high-interest debt.
November 2 -
The number of municipal bond delinquencies declined in the third quarter, despite some dramatic outliers that Moody's Investors Service characterized as idiosyncratic in a report released Monday.
October 31 -
Fitch Ratings did a deep dive on the nation's major airport capital programs, as projects have begun, and how they plan to fund them.
October 26 -
Leaders of the African-Americans in Public Finance and Latinos in Public Finance hope to mirror the success of the Asian affinity group, the largest such assemblage.
October 26 -
Pessimism reigned during the state of the union panel at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference in San Francisco.
October 19 -
California received a negative outlook from the rating agency in May amid revenue uncertainty. The Public Works Board lease revenue bonds are rated Aa3.
October 17 -
Analysts discussed proposed changes to its metrics that will be finalized in January. An estimated 35% of ratings could experience upgrades or downgrades.
October 13 -
The California governor is this week signing bills to alter the state's mental health policies in a package that includes a $6.3 billion state bond measure.
October 12 -
Muni Pride partners with Women in Public Finance-Chicago, GFOA and NABL on two separate Chicago events.
October 12 -
The total unfunded pension liability for all 50 states is expected to be $1.3 trillion for fiscal 2023, according to a Reason Foundation analysis.
October 10