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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Arizona's law offers vouchers to all parents to choose where their children are educated at taxpayer expense. The impact on public school finances is uncertain.
July 18 -
The lack of a TRANs deal will put off a test of how competitive bidding for the debt may be impacted by the state’s pro-firearm and fossil fuel policies that have sidelined a few big underwriting firms.
July 15 -
Officials in New Mexico's state capital are fretting that late audited financials audit could lead the state to withhold state bond proceeds for city projects.
July 14 -
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is seeking approval from a state oversight council for bonds to begin funding an expansion project that faces two lawsuits.
July 12 -
Seventeen months after Winter Storm Uri hit the Southwest, state-sanctioned securitizations are queuing up to mitigate a huge spike in energy costs for customers, with an Oklahoma deal the latest to price.
July 11 -
High energy prices and low unemployment have aided Oklahoma’s economy.
July 6 -
Denver International Airport returns to the municipal market boosted by a rating upgrade as it recovers from passenger and revenue losses in the pandemic.
July 1 -
The CFO will be joining Dallas Area Rapid Transit starting July 18.
July 1 -
The bond proposition passed with more than 59% of the vote, according to unofficial election results.
June 29 -
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Austin Independent School District may put as much as $1.5 billion of bonds on the Nov. 8 ballot with some of the proceeds earmarked for building security.
June 22 -
The airport benefits from growing population “that skew[s] young and wealthy,” the rating agency said.
June 21 -
The laws raise borrowing costs for issuers and limit the distribution networks, according to a study.
June 17 -
M. Elizabeth Reich has resigned as Dallas’ chief financial officer after almost six years and will be replaced by Jack Ireland, the city’s budget director.
June 15 -
Negotiations over a new home for the Coyotes and related multi-use development are underway in Tempe after the team was exiled from nearby Glendale.
June 13 -
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority took action on Thursday to head to the state Supreme Court to validate $5 billion of planned bond issuance.
June 13 -
Phoenix may end a GO bond drought with a plan to ask voters next year to approve $500 million of debt to fund projects in the growing city.
June 9 -
Gov. Jared Polis, who has been pushing for his state to become a center of the blockchain economy, signed a bill requiring a study of security tokens.
June 8 -
The COVID-19 pandemic is largely in the rearview mirror for toll roads in Texas, where traffic and revenue are climbing and population growth is fueling demand.
June 6 -
The GOP-controlled state legislature adjourned without passing a bill barring government contracts with firms, including banks that underwrite municipal bonds, if they “discriminate” against the firearm industry.
June 1
