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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The mammoth California hospital chain reached a preliminary $575 million settlement agreement in March in an antitrust lawsuit.
May 12 -
Stronger-than-expected state revenues and other borrowing options meant the California School Finance Authority's note program didn't use its full authorization.
April 29 -
With enough signatures collected, according to the Secretary of State's tally, a recall election is likely.
April 27 -
Gov. Steve Sisolak opted to form a joint committee to study the idea, rather than proposing legislation this session.
April 26 -
Forward delivery sales, a replacement for tax-exempt advance refundings, could grow in 2021.
April 15 -
Lawmakers added more money and projects to Idaho's Garvee program in 2017 partly to counter congestion from the state's massive population growth.
April 8 -
State court rulings have successfully challenged the need for more than a simple majority on voter-driven tax measures, most recently in San Francisco.
April 5 -
The funding would come on top on multi-billion measures proposed by lawmakers — and a $100 billion in spending included in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan.
April 1 -
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes securitizing future car registration fees to back bonds that speed construction of the electric vehicle charging stations.
March 31 -
A provision banning the use of federal stimulus money to subsidize tax cuts has stalled business incentive programs, California business lobbyists say.
March 26