- Colorado
Issuers in Colorado and Nevada separately disclosed this week that the Internal Revenue Service is conducting routine audits of bonds they issued in 2006.
March 19 -
Renown Regional Medical Center, a Reno, Nev. hospital, received a one-notch rating upgrade to A from A-minus based on its improved financial profile and changes Standard & Poor's made to the way it rates stand-alone hospitals.
March 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service has begun auditing limited-tax general obligation, medium-term street bonds issued by Reno, Nev., in 2009.
March 10 -
The substitution of new letters of credit caused Standard & Poor's to boost the long-term ratings on some Clark County, Nevada airport system subordinate-lien revenue bonds issued for Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.
February 27 - Nevada
An expectation that Nevada will use reserves to bridge a budget shortfall means a step backward for the state at a time when other states are building reserves, according to a Moody's Investors Service credit outlook.
December 15 - Nevada
Nevada's new Republican majority in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval are facing a budget shortfall and anemic revenues that could test anti-tax increase pledges as Sandoval hints at reforms to the tax structure.
December 11 - Nevada
The Las Vegas Valley Water District snared Double A ratings ahead of plans to price up to $339 million in a general obligation bond limited tax refunding on Dec. 11.
December 9 - California
Agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada are expected to agree on reduced consumption of water from Lake Mead as a 14-year drought continues to lower the reservoir toward a level that requires federal restrictions.
December 8 - Nevada
Moody's Investors Service affirmed Clark County, Nevada's Aa1 rating ahead of plans to price $100 million in general obligation limited tax flood control bonds on Nov. 20.
November 11 - Nevada
Incumbent Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval led a sweep of top state offices that resulted in Republicans taking control of the state Assembly and Senate.
November 5