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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is scaling back on highway and bridge projects.

The Texas Water Development Board priced $1.2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds.

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The toll revenue bond deal will put the authority's debt under one indenture.

She called on lawmakers to look beyond the short-term emergency in their special session.

The Texas Water Development Board is planning the largest bond issue in its history as it also deals with the impact of Hurricane Harvey.

The Southeast must reassess risk after Hurricane Irma, according to a disaster recovery expert who forsees long-term impacts on state and federal policy.

Hurricane Irma is the first test in many years for the bond-funded entities created to ensure Florida residents can obtain property insurance.

Municipal utility districts in the Houston area were well stocked with cash before the storm hit, analysts said.

The special session on Sept. 25 will be asked to resolve funding problems in the wake of the state Supreme Court's rejection of a "smoking cessation fee."

Investor-owned utilities are recovering quickly from the storm, the rating agency said.

The immense financial impact of the storm is becoming apparent.

A full assessment of Hurricane Harvey's impact to municipal credits remains weeks away as Houston and southeast Texas continue battling high waters.

Aside from embarrassment to its finance team, New Mexico won't be hurt by its mistaken advance refunding of $79 million of non-callable bonds, officials said.

The remaking of 10 miles highway through Denver and its suburbs is the largest project in Colorado Department of Transportation history.

The state will restructure an escrow account created to advance refund bonds that were found not to be callable.

A bankrupt Texas issuer hasn't missed a bond payment, in contrast to the default of an issuer that hasn't filed.

The $1.50-per-pack fee was key to balancing the state's budget

The Texas cities are preparing to ask for about $2.5 billion of bonds in November.