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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Between unspent money from last year and excess revenues, Oregon lawmakers have nearly $1 billion of extra money to spend.
February 11 -
The school board, caught between budget pressure and angry parents, could vote Tuesday to close or merge 16 schools in the California school district amid waning enrollment.
February 7 -
Washington plans to sell the GOs by competitive bid on Feb. 8 to fund various projects.
February 2 -
Utilities in Texas and eastern Washington see the benefit of serving the power hungry operations.
January 31 -
Schank, who will be a managing principal at the private consultancy, said he accomplished the goals he set when he moved to LA Metro seven years ago.
January 25 -
The Marshall Fire burned 6,000 acres in 24 hours and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in suburban Boulder County between Denver and Boulder.
January 24 -
The city’s financial status was so distressed after the 2008 economic crash that there was talk of insolvency.
January 13 -
Gov. Gavin Newsom listed homelessness, wildfire prevention, climate change and continuing efforts to reduce pension liabilities as budget priorities.
January 10 -
If Nevada surpasses $500 million in gaming revenues in December, it will become the greatest single-year total.
December 30 -
Jennifer Poree, S&P Global Ratings national sector lead for water and power, and Mark Joffe, a senior analyst with the Reason Foundation, speak with regional editor Keeley Webster about California’s struggles to tackle its water infrastructure backlog. (25 minutes)
December 28