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The chapter had financial difficulty before the pandemic and wanted to refinance its debt.

Sales tax collections fell 13.2% compared to the same month last year, the steepest decline since January 2010

Cities and counties of fewer than 500,000 are seeing a fraction of the reimbursements for coronavirus spending that their larger counterparts received.

Colorado will continue its highway building with $500 million of certificates of participation, as it weathers its deepest downturn in years.

New Mexico is expected to face sizable structural deficits because of declining oil and gas prices and production, the rating agency said.

The system is managing the pandemic's impact on its campuses and hospitals, as well as a drop in the price of oil, which supports it financially. Neither situation is expected to shake its rating strength.

Oklahoma lawmakers stood their ground after Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed the budget and diversions from pension funds and transportation.

State officials say Colorado needs to cut $3.3 billion from the budget for fiscal year 2021 after the largest revenue drop in the state’s history.

With its amusement parks and stadiums shut down the city, which is prepping a bond refunding, is bracing for an $18 million hit to tax revenues.

The steep drop in revenue does not yet reflect the collapse in oil prices, Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

The state will cut its budget no more than 4% amid a revenue crisis, legislative leaders announced.

The Texas Transportation Commission also signaled plans to move full-speed-ahead with a $3.5 billion highway project in Austin.

Texas suffered its worst sales tax plunge in 10 years as the pandemic began to grip the state's economy.

Like their traditional peers, charter schools in the Southwest see the writing on the wall when it comes to future funding in a coronavirus-driven recession.

S&P Global Ratings analysts say bookings that are two to three years out are already being canceled.

After the unprecedented collapse an oil futures contract into negative territory, the leading oil producing states face budget uncertainty.

Sales taxes are a pillar of the Texas state budget, and the usually stable revenue source has taken a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bexar County Commissioner Justin Rodriguez will join Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Locke Lord's Texas public finance team.

With its hotel and car rental tax support in tatters, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority also received a negative outlook from Moody's.

Skilled nursing facilities and long-term care are deluged by the pandemic, adding financial stress for a sector that issues unrated and speculative grade debt.