Richard Williamson

The University of Kansas will use the Wisconsin-headquartered Public Finance Authority as conduit for a $350 million lease-revenue bond deal instead of the Kansas Development Finance Authority.

Texas Department of Transportation chief financial officer James Bass will move to executive director, a job he previously held on an interim basis.

With oil prices continuing to slide, the Standard & Poor’s outlook for Ector County Hospital District in the heart of the Permian Basin has slipped to negative.

After narrowly winning a runoff for election as mayor of Houston, State Rep. Sylvester Turner must deal with a weakening economy and growing problems with pension and debt.

Morgan Stanley is cutting 25% of its public finance team as part of a cost-cutting plan to eliminate 25% of its overall fixed-income workforce.

November Texas sales tax revenue was down 3.3% in November compared to a year earlier, reflecting the continuing fall in oil and gas prices across the state

A continuing strong economy and a return to balanced operations bring Denver Public Schools a Standard & Poor’s upgrade to AA-plus from its previous AA, analysts said.

With dozens of private detention facilities in operation today, battles in the courts and campaign trail could enhance or dim the outlook for detention debt in 2016.

After four months of falling below expectations, Kansas revenues exceeded estimates for November, according to the state Department of Revenue.

With the nation’s largest percentage of uninsured patients, Texas hospitals face great uncertainty over whether the federal government will renew a five-year Medicaid waiver or penalize the state for not expanding coverage, experts say.

In its last deal of the year, the University of Texas System will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt bonds in a $241 million pricing.

The Texas Water Development Board' $255 million bond issue for a reservoir on the Lower Colorado River is expected to bring savings of $18 million.

Texas could face the loss of as much as $1.1 billion per year in franchise tax revenue if a recent court ruling survives an appeal, Comptroller Glenn Hegar warned.

Texas’ El Paso County Hospital District received a two-notch Standard & Poor’s downgrade in the wake of the district’s legal settlement with an affiliated children’s hospital that’s in bankruptcy.

Oklahoma plans to price $115 million of revolving fund revenue bonds to replenish its loan pool for local water utilities.

An Allen, Texas, bond committee has ranked $103 million of projects that could show up on a bond proposal next May.

A $500 million power plant in Brownsville, Texas that would have included public investment has been delayed due to low natural gas prices.

In one of its largest deals in recent years, the Kansas Department of Transportation will issue $400 million of revenue bonds for its “T-Works” highway program.

When the Colorado General Assembly convenes in January, lawmakers will face a $373 million shortfall that could pose risks for education, healthcare and social services.

A $282 million federal transportation loan will finance additional lanes on an eight-mile stretch of U.S. 183 in Austin, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced.