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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McCarran Airport in Las Vegas received a one-notch upgrade on its revenue bonds ahead of plans to price $187.9 million.
March 17 -
Lowered discount rates from Californias two largest pension funds mean short-term pain for cities and the state, but a sounder fiscal picture long-term, according to S&P analysts.
March 16 - California
Californias sanctuary city fight with the Trump administration is not likely to have huge financial implications for its cities, according to recent analysis.
March 16 - California
California Treasurer John Chiang has opened an independent ballot measure committee for the 2018 statewide election for an affordable housing bond.
March 15 - California
California revenues for February missed projections in the governors budget by 10.6%.
March 10 - California
The UCLA Anderson Forecast could revise its forecast for California downward if immigration and trade policies floated by U.S. President Donald Trump, become a reality.
March 9 -
OppenheimerFunds will acquire Seattle fund manager SNW Asset Management to expand its high-quality municipal bond offerings.
March 8 - Texas
Issuers in California and Texas accounted for more than one-third of S&P Globals public finance ratings upgrades last year.
March 7 - Nevada
Fitch Ratings downgraded Clark County School District, Nev. by three notches to BBB-plus saying spending will outpace revenues.
March 7 -
Californias High Speed Rail Authority can sell bonds for the Central Valley segment, said the director of Californias Department of Finance.
March 6