Richard Williamson

El Paso Children’s Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 19 after negotiations over a debt to county-owned University Medical Center fell apart, officials said.

Van Independent School District is on Standard & Poor's watch list for a possible downgrade after a tornado damaged the East Texas town.

Seven months after winning voter approval of one of its largest bond proposals, Austin Community College District will offer the market $175 million of bonds supported by its fast-growing tax base.

Bexar County Texas now boasts triple-A ratings from three agencies after Standard & Poor's lifted its AA-plus rating a notch amid positive economic trends.

A plan to increase Texas school funding by $3 billion and reform the funding formula died in the state Legislature as sponsor Jimmie Don Aycock threw in the towel.

Salt River Project, one of Arizona's largest public utilities, saved about $90 million or 14% on a $924 million issue that combined $300 million of new money with refunding of outstanding debt, officials said.

After three years of negotiations, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is seeking final approval to sell its 21.2% stake in the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in Page, Ariz., to the Salt River Project.

The closure of the Treasury SLGS window has added a degree of difficulty to some refunding deals.

A former Oklahoma lawmaker is seeking to have $2 billion of budget bills from the past three years declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.

With its economy recovering, Arizona this month paid off the last of $44 million in federal loans for unemployment benefits, officials said.

Updated totals show that local voters in Texas approved $3.9 billion of the $5.4 billion of bond proposals on ballots in the state May 9.

Texas lawmakers approved a bill that would allow the state Comptroller to seek higher returns and slightly higher risks in investing most of the state's $7 billion rainy day fund.

Two years after the city auditor declared Floresville, Texas, insolvent, the town on the edge of the oil boom has earned a three-notch upgrade from Standard & Poor’s.

Colorado’s E-470 Public Highway Authority earns an upgrade to BBB-Plus from Standard & Poor’s as it prepares to refund $40 million of toll revenue bonds. The higher rating follows a similar boost from Moody’s Investors Service Feb. 20.

Arkansas revenues are expected to run about $164 million above the previous forecast in 2015, according to an updated report. However, the new forecast calls for a decline in the fiscal year beginning July 1.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson plans to call a special session of the Legislature to approve bonds for Lockheed Martin's assembly plant for a next-generation vehicle for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

Arizona's Salt River Project, one of the most highly rated credits in the public power sector, plans to issue $833 million of revenue bonds, an amount that could grow based on market demand.

A year after fire closed the Martin Drake Power Plant in the heart of Colorado Springs, the coal-powered plant is back in operation and producing a third of the city’s power, officials said.

At least eight school districts in Kansas closed earlier than scheduled due to state budget cuts as the state legislature looks for more ways to reduce a budget shortfall in the coming fiscal year.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar asked Gov. Greg Abbott and state legislative leaders to keep the state's credit triple-A credit ratings in mind as they consider cutting taxes by nearly $5 billion.