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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Municipal bonds have traditionally received short shrift in college finance courses.
December 14 -
A pension task force convened by the governor proposed issuing long-term or perpetual notes to state-controlled entities that need risk capital.
December 13 -
S&P Global Ratings does not see an immediate credit impact for local governments and agencies impacted by the Southern California fires.
December 12 -
The SEC is investigating after the school district's bond management practices were questioned in an audit.
December 8 -
S&P analysts assigned a negative outlook to Mason County, Wash. in addition to a one-notch downgrade.
December 6 -
The goal is to provide bond investors with easy access to the port's financial data.
December 4 -
The governors of California, New York and New Jersey said they would challenge the Republican tax bills in court if they pass.
December 4 -
The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank approved $321 million in nonprofit conduit sales this week.
December 1 -
The year-end deadlines built into the GOP tax bills guarantee long hours in December for those putting together deals before Jan. 1.
November 30 -
The proposed ballot initiative would make Proposition 13 property tax breaks portable.
November 29