Richard Williamson

New Mexico is competitively selling $333 million of severance tax bonds after two downgrades attributed to declining oil and gas revenues.

The Texas Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s school finance system, ending four years of litigation over unequal funding.

Facing new federal constraints on tax-exempt debt for projects with a private revenue stream, El Paso County, Texas, refunded tax-exempts with taxable bonds and still achieved interest rate savings.

Citing growing pension liabilities and other fixed costs, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Fort Worth, Texas, in advance of a $165 million issue.

Private Activity Bonds for a managed lanes project along one of the Houston area’s most congested corridors carry the lowest investment-grade rating from Fitch Ratings.

Catholic Health Initiatives, the nation’s second-largest nonprofit healthcare system, was downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service, affecting $7.3 billion of rated debt.

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority sees an opportunity for healthy savings through refunding bonds issued just five years ago.

Despite a prolonged slump in energy markets, Texas retains gilt-edged ratings that are expected to draw investors to $188.7 million of general obligation refunding bonds this week.

Austin, Texas is heading to market with $251.9 million of water utility refunding bonds with outlooks restored to stable from Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.

With $4.8 billion of bond proposals on local ballots, voters across Texas generally favored issuing debt for rapidly growing school districts.

Oklahoma’s monthly collection of tax revenue from the oil and gas industry hit the lowest level since 1999, state Treasurer Ken Miller said.

The top-rated Denver Board of Water Commissioners will price $100 million of revenue bonds for new projects and $70 million of refunding in a competitive sale.

Texas hospitals will continue to be reimbursed under the federal Medicaid program after the state received an extension of a waiver for 15 months, a positive credit factor for the state's nonprofit hospitals, according to ratings analysts.

Two hospital districts in the Permian Basin oil producing region of West Texas took downgrades from Moody’s Investors Service, one to speculative grade.

After five months of declining sales tax revenue, Texas has recorded its second month of year-over-year growth, despite a further drop in oil revenue, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

The outlook on Kansas’ Aa2 rating from Moody’s Investors Service fell to negative Tuesday, as state lawmakers approved a budget that allows Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to make further cuts in spending.

After lowering its debt service with strategic refundings over the past two years, North Texas Tollway Authority is looking for more savings with $947 million of first-tier revenue bonds.

Local voters across Texas will face a light menu of bond proposals in May after school districts, cities and counties agreed to bring $4.8 billion to the ballot.

Five days after Kansas lowered its revenue estimates for the current and coming fiscal year, Standard & Poor's placed the state's AA rating on its watch list for a possible downgrade.

A $3.4 billion project designed to deliver water to the San Antonio Water System is facing delays after Abengoa S.A., the company hired to build the 142-mile pipeline, filed for bankruptcy.