Kyle Glazier is the Washington Bureau Chief of The Bond Buyer. He has previously covered securities law, the Far West, and markets. He has previously written for the Houston Chronicle, Albany Times-Union, and The Denver Post. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.
- Alaska
Alaska has authorized up to $3.5 billion of pension obligation bonds it hopes to sell in late October, though a broken office-building lease raised one observer's doubts about the state's willingness to stand behind "subject to appropriation" pledges.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 30 - California
San Franciscos water utility will issue almost $860 million of water revenue refunding bonds in a negotiated deal.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 29 -
The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 29 - Oregon
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development veteran Margaret Salazar will become the new director of Oregon Housing and Community Services Nov. 1.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 27 - Alaska
Next month Alaska will pay out some $657 million as part of its annual dividend to its citizens, a drastically reduced amount that Gov. Bill Walker is hoping will hammer home the need for significant fiscal reform in the state.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 26 - California
Just under half of likely voters in California favor approval of a $9 billion school bond measure, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 22 - Oregon
PFM Financial Advisors purchased Portland, Ore.-based advisory firm Western Financial Group, and hired all of its members.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 22 -
San Diego-based Palomar Health is set to issue more than $400 million of refunding bonds in the next two weeks, split between investment-grade general obligation debt and junk-rated revenue bonds.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 21 - PH
Millennials in public finance see a lot of value in mentorship from their older colleagues and are hopeful about the future of the industry despite a generational divide that can occasionally put them at odds with industry veterans when it comes to technology and building business relationships.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 21 - California
California public power credits should remain strong through a radical transformation of the states energy supply caused by legislative mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
By Kyle GlazierSeptember 20