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Kevin Holloran, previously health care analyst for S&P Global Ratings, has joined Fitch Ratings where he will lead analysts covering the sector.

The FBI raided offices of a major contractor on Texas border projects and shut down city and county offices in Laredo.

The $8.2 billion on local Texas bond ballots May 6 is the most since November 2015.

Sales tax revenues are seeing noticeable declines in Texas cities near the Mexico border.

The growing Fort Bend Independent School District expects to be the first to include “green bonds” as part of a $99 million issue pricing Wednesday.

East Texas Medical Center, one of the largest healthcare providers in the region, slipped two notches to B3 from B1 on the Moody's Investors Service as prospects for default.

San Antonio’s CPS Energy will issue $307 million for improvements to its grid, including installation of smart meters, development of microgrids and diversification of fuel sources.

While some states celebrated President Trump's reversal of the Clean Power Plan and others filed lawsuits, public utilities are expected to continue moves away from coal.

A $217.7 billion budget that would require more local revenue for school funding won unanimous approval from the Texas Senate. The budget must now be reconciled with the House version.

The public finance team at the Houston law firm of Bracewell expects to increase its appeal to bond issuers after adding former SEC attorney Edward Fierro and rising in the ranks of bond counsel in 2016.

A 15-cent increase in Kansas fuel taxes would support $264 million per year in highway projects, boosting economic activity by nearly $600 million, according to a road-building industry report.

Texas lawmakers need to face four areas where long term liabilities are growing, including the funding level of its public pensions, said state Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

Moody’s Investors Service retained a negative outlook on Catholic Health Initiatives $5.7 billion of rated debt after lowering the healthcare giant to Baa1 from A3. The downgrade comes less than a month after a similar move by S&P Global Ratings.

A bill requiring a vote on $1 billion of pension bonds is a “poison pill” that could derail Houston’s efforts to restructure its debt to city employees, Mayor Sylvester Turner said.

Beset by a slumbering energy economy, Oklahoma City is counting on its top bond ratings to attract investors to $90 million of general obligation paper it is selling competitively.

The cost of health care in Texas is rising faster than both the general inflation rate and the growth of the state's population, but state leaders have provided little guidance on how to address major changes that may be coming this year.

Texas Lawmakers would reduce voter-approved funding for the Texas Department of Transportation by $2.3 billion under a proposed resolution by the state House’s chief budget writer.

With doubts over the future of tolling in El Paso, the Texas city's designated toll authority will issue $35 million of revenue bonds backed by vehicle registration fees this month.

The Texas Department of Transportation will dedicate an additional $2.5 billion for 19 new projects aimed at relieving congestion in the major metro areas if the supervisory Texas Transportation Commission approves.

The San Antonio Water System is facing its first audit by the Internal Revenue Service in years, as the IRS examines the tax-exemption on $83 million of bonds.