Richard Williamson

After four months of decline, local sales tax revenues increased 2.6% in March compared to the same month last year, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

The University of Texas System will seek savings with a $134 million refunding of revenue bonds.

Arkansas revenues remained above the forecast for March as state legislators prepared to open a special session dealing with Medicaid expansion.

Texas sales tax revenues grew 2.1% in March after five months of declines, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported.

The first inventory of Texas toll roads is a starting point for future discussions about how to reduce tolling, said an anti-toll Texas lawmaker.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature on recently passed legislation will clear a path for the University of Colorado’s $168 million issue of new money and refunding bonds.

After months of seeing revenues fall well below projections, Kansas came within $1.7 million of its target for March, officials reported.

Citing strong enrollment growth and improving financial trends, Standard & Poor’s upgraded Texas Tech University System to AA-plus.

With a deadline bearing on them, Kansas legislators approved a court-mandated revision of the school funding formula designed to keep schools open in the next fiscal year beginning July 1.

Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas, will issue $536 million of taxable and $382 million of tax-exempt bonds.

The Houston Independent School District returns to the muni market with $683 million of general obligation bonds that carry nearly perfect ratings.

Good Shepherd Health System faces a rising risk of default on $150 million of debt as the East Texas nonprofit seeks a merger partner, Moody’s Investors Service says.

Texas A&M University System reported higher-than-expected savings on the refunding of its revenue bonds after a Standard & Poor’s upgrade to triple-A.

Despite two downgrades, Houston reported net present value savings of $49.1 million on a $557 million bond sale that was mostly refunding.

The Oklahoma City suburb of Yukon does not have enough money to pay its bills for the remainder of the fiscal year after $1.3 million was taken from a bond fund for general expenses, officials said.

Oklahoma City is at risk of losing its triple-A rating after Moody’s Investors Service shifted the outlook to negative.

Amid rising fiscal pressures and two ratings downgrades, Houston is planning a $600 million bond transaction followed by its annual investor conference.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Houston’s general obligation bond rating one notch to Aa3 and retained a negative outlook as the nation’s fourth-largest city struggles amid falling oil prices and high fixed costs.

Oklahoma revenues for February ran 18% below projections as the state Legislature grapples with a budget gap of more than $900 million.

The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District near Houston has filed a disclosure notice about the case for investors in the district’s bonds.