Richard Williamson

Texas sales tax revenues rose 3.7% in June to $2.24 billion marking the 51st consecutive month of increases, according to state comptroller Susan Combs.

Moody's Investors Service Raised its Outlook on Harris County Toll Road Authority’s Aa3 rating to positive, signaling a possible upgrade.

The north Dallas suburb of Frisco plans to issue $115 million of debt this month to build a headquarters and practice facility for the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys.

The San Antonio Water System has chosen a company to pipe water from a supply 150 miles away over a period of 30 years.

Utah's Wasatch County School District is looking for savings in a $40.8 million refunding as it enjoys a lift in tax revenues.

For the fourth year in a row, Colorado will issue $500 million of top-rated notes to cover cash flow.

Texas Municipal Utility Districts have come far from their dirt-bond past and are expanding to keep pace with growth while supplying a lean muni market with higher-yielding bonds, experts say.

Arkansas' finance office says the state ended the fiscal year with a nearly $79 million budget surplus despite a slight reduction in net revenues.

Standard & Poor's has shifted its outlook to negative on New Mexico State University's AA rating, citing three years of falling enrollment.

A $1 billion plan to create Austin's first urban rail system and to consider other transportation developments won unanimous endorsement from the city council.

Standard & Poor's has downgraded Good Shepherd Health System to a junk-bond rating of BB-plus as the East Texas healthcare provider tries to stave off an accelerated debt payment schedule.

Kansas ended its fiscal year June 30 with revenues running $338 million below projections, officials said.

New school construction costs in Texas vary by as much as $200 per square foot, according to analysis by the Texas Comptroller's office.

Harmony Public Schools, the largest charter school operator in Texas, will refund $104 million of triple-B bonds to secure the state's triple-A guarantee, a provision that just became available this year.

Dallas Independent School District expects about $15 million in net present value savings from $317.8 million of refunding bonds expected to price July 1.

An Arizona judge has struck down a state car-rental tax that supports $1.2 billion of debt issued for professionals sports stadiums in the state.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Beaumont, Texas' water and sewer debt to A1 from Aa3, citing the city's diminishing reserves and aging infrastructure.

Dallas City Council has approved $46.5 million in tax increment financing for redevelopment of the vacant Statler Hilton hotel that once hosted the city's elite visitors.

Oklahoma achieved its savings target with a $55.5 million refunding of revenue bonds, officials said.

The West Independent School District is suing its insurance provider, claiming that the company is refusing to cover the full cost of damage from a 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people.