Richard Williamson

The San Antonio City Council will ask voters to approve $850 million of bonds, the largest package in the city’s history, for projects that include redevelopment of Hemisfair Park.

With $9 billion of transportation projects awaiting funding, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is joining legislative leaders in supporting a $3.5 billion bond program for shovel-ready projects.

Citing improving market conditions, the University of Houston plans to increase its offering in a competitive sale by $40 million to more than $400 million.

In its first deal of the year, the Texas Transportation Commission sees another opportunity to achieve savings with $800 million of refunding bonds.

Endowed with record funding levels, the Texas Department of Transportation expects to gain momentum on $70 billion of transportation projects planned over the next decade.

Facing a $900 million shortfall, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing a combination of tax increases, cuts in transportation and pension funding and the sale of tobacco settlement securitization bonds.

Dallas’ unresolved Police and Fire Pension crisis brought another downgrade Wednesday as S&P Global Ratings dropped the city to AA-minus and retained a negative outlook.

As the 2017 Colorado General Assembly gets underway, one measure lawmakers are expected to consider is a sales tax increase for a $3.5 billion transportation and infrastructure bond program.

For the fifth straight year, Oklahoma lawmakers will begin the budget process with lower revenues than the previous year as the state's energy slump continues.

Failure of the Texas Legislature to create a new framework for Dallas’ failing Police and Fire Pension Fund would likely bring a downgrade to the city’s AA credit rating, according to Fitch Ratings.

Texas lawmakers will have 2.7% less revenue for the next two-year budget compared to the current biennium, Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced.

As President-elect Donald Trump lays the groundwork for a “great wall” on the Mexican border, Texans weigh the impact of his protectionist ideas on a trade-fueled economy.

Afflicted with a pension crisis that has lowered credit ratings, the Dallas City Council informally agreed to postpone an $800 million bond election that had been expected in May.

With revenues down slightly in 2016, Texas saw sales taxes turn positive in December, rising 4.9%, according to Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

Public utilities have the rate-setting flexibility to handle an 11% drop in demand for electricity through 2040, according to Fitch Ratings.

State-supported universities in Texas will start the New Year with more than $1.5 billion of bonds expected to price in January.

Salt Lake City International Airport is preparing to issue $900 million of debt with the debt-free airport's first bond deal since 2004.

The future of a bond-financed nuclear waste disposal site in Texas may be influenced by the appointment of Rick Perry, who boosted the site as Texas governor, to be Secretary of Energy.

Corpus Christi has given water utility customers the go-ahead to use tap water after a toxic substance entered the water supply, leading to a four-day ban on consumption or bathing.

A new Colorado Municipal Bond Club for people working in the municipal bond industry will provide networking and an annual ski outing, founders said.