Richard Williamson

The action brings the state's issuer rating to Aa1, as well as upgrades to $1.5 billion in debt that is linked to the issuer rating.

Reduced activity in the oil patch is showing up in Oklahoma's revenue growth, Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

From its founding by a single lawyer in 1919, the century-old firm became Texas' dominant law firm in public finance.

The funds would be used to expand the Houston area’s network of bus, rail and managed lane projects.

The Bexar County Hospital District expects to issue no more debt for its expansion of University Hospital in San Antonio.

Colorado's complicated state funding formula could get the boot from voters even as it returns nearly $40 million to state taxpayers.

The $650 million Denver International Airport terminal remodeling project has run up against concrete deficiencies in the original structure.

Texas expects to see sizable savings by refunding general obligation bonds for water programs across the state.

Although first-term Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly failed to win expansion of Medicaid coverag, she praised GOP lawmakers for beginning to clean up "a mess."

A mechanism for taxing internet sales on out-of-state sellers could mean an additional $850 million of revenue for Texas, according to legislative analysis.

The $31 billion spending plan takes a cautious approach to spending after failed efforts to bond for transportation.

The top three bond proposals — all in excess of $1 billion — won easy approval even as some large school district measures fell short.

Thieves stripped copper wiring and appliances, Newton County officials said.

Utilities serving 40 million people and 5 million acres of irrigated farm land agreed to a federal plan to keep water flowing amid a two-decade drought.

The state continues to set records for monthly sales tax collections, despite signs that oil production is facing uncertain demand.

Bonds issued under Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback would be paid off more rapidly under a proposal from his Democratic successor, Laura Kelly.

The nation's No. 2 financial advisory services firm is hiring municipal executives in Ohio and Michigan.

Long Beach, California, is seeking a second TIFIA loan for its Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement.

School vouchers in Arizona and bond measures in Colorado are among the fiscal ballot measures Southwest voters will decide Tuesday.

Raymond James plans to enhance its standing in Texas public school finance with the addition of Curtil Culwell, who was superintendent of three different school districts.