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Former Hilltop Securities bankers Chris Allen and Gabriella Briceno have joined RBC Capital Markets in Houston where they will seek to grow RBC's financial advisory business.

Facing its third hurricane season since Harvey devastated the coastal region, Texas is investing billions of dollars to protect vulnerable cities and counties from flooding.

The North Texas Tollway Authority continues its aggressive refunding with $679 million of revenue bonds this month, bringing the total over the past six years to nearly $7 billion.

With an $11.8 billion budget that nearly doubles that of a decade ago, Arizona rebuilds its balance sheet while boosting pay for teachers and state employees.

A surging population and a healthy economy kept local governments riding high in sales tax revenue for the first half of the year.

Texas school districts sort through the implications of a new legislative formula to increase per-pupil funding.

The water district in Washington County, Utah, is driving a plan estimated at up to $1.8 billion to bring water 140 miles from Lake Powell.

A tighter cap on local property tax rates for some cities and counties will factor negatively into future bond ratings, analysts warn.

The rise of online classes and degrees brings with it questions about the future of brick-and-mortar colleges and universities.

State lawmakers at this year’s session provided $993 million for 1,600 bond-funded projects around the state.

Texas surpassed $3 billion in sales tax revenue, the highest total for any month on record.

While Texas Republican leaders have expressed muted opposition to President Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar warned of threats to the state's economy.

Bills to limit the revenue flexibility of local governments and put more state funding toward schools were driven by a desire to limit property taxes.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. hired industry veterans Levi Davis and Ron Morrison as managing directors in its Dallas office.

Owners of two firms will join Hilltop Securites as managing directors, the firm said.

Oklahoma is setting aside $200 million of its record $8.1 billion budget for a rainy day.

A state authority priced $487 million of debt on behalf of Big River Steel, for a project to double the mill's capacity.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to add a sixth terminal that could cost up to $3.5 billion as it approaches its 45th anniversary.

Texas lawmakers are taking unprecedented steps to limit local control of government, advocates for cities and counties say.

Austin Energy expects to reduce the cost of power from an East Texas biomass plant by buying the Nacogdoches facility.