Richard Williamson

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.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority plans to price $480 million of toll revenue bonds in January after the state Supreme Court shielded the debt from future litigation.

For the second year in a row, Texas expects lower bond volume from state agencies, universities and conduits, but outstanding debt continues to grow.

Dallas saw its Moody's Investors Service rating fall one notch to A1 as it grapples with a crisis in its public safety pension fund.

Fitch Ratings sees a stable outlook for North American energy infrastructure in 2017, despite Republican threats to reverse years of environmental regulations that could impact capital planning.

With Dallas trying to stop the run on a rapidly declining pension fund, S&P Global Ratings placed the city’s AA general obligation rating on its watch list for a possible downgrade

For the second month in a row, Oklahoma’s tax collections from the production of oil and natural gas in November surpassed collections from the same month last year, while revenues from all sources continued to fall, according to State Treasurer Ken Miller.

Despite potential changes in environmental and energy policies under President Trump, analysts at Moody’s Investors Service expect public power utilities to remain stable in 2017.

With revenues running lower than expected in 2016, the Texas Legislature will keep a tighter grip on spending despite increasing demands for growth-related funding in the session that begins next month.

After reducing its revenue forecast for the current fiscal year, Kansas hit its November revenue target as lawmakers prepared for another lean budget year.

The Internal Revenue Service notified the Judson Independent School District near San Antonio that the district’s $240.8 million of 2007 bonds were the subject of a routine audit.