Karen is a senior reporter covering the Southwest. She has covered the municipal bond market for more than 30 years at The Bond Buyer and Reuters. Prior to that she wrote about futures and options markets for magazines and was an award-winning reporter for a suburban Chicago newspaper chain.
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The privately placed taxable bonds to be issued through Bernalillo County will help finance a manufacturing facility for Ebon Solar.
September 26 -
The merger, which takes effect Jan. 1, will combine the firms' public finance practices, which have a current headcount of 29 attorneys.
September 25 -
An outlook revision to positive for the state's Aa2 general obligation rating comes as a methodology update led to downgrades for certain revenue bonds.
September 24 -
Water agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Denver are selling a combined nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds this week.
September 24 -
Litigation filed by environmental groups aims to reverse actions taken by the agency's board since it was restructured by the state legislature in 2022.
September 23 -
After getting positive outlooks from three rating agencies since 2023, Oklahoma received its first upgrade.
September 19 -
The city of Clyde defaulted in August and recently revealed it used debt proceeds for debt payments in a manner that "disguised the deficit cash flow."
September 19 -
Up to $182 million of bonds will be issued by a city of Frisco entity to renovate Toyota Stadium, home to Major League Soccer's FC Dallas.
September 18 -
The districts, which finance public infrastructure for housing developments, are dealing with limited revenue growth and state actions to cut property taxes.
September 17 -
Amendment A on the Nov. 5 ballot would allow the state government to tap revenue currently earmarked for public education for other purposes.
September 17
