Colorado

The 0.34% sales tax rate increase would raise an estimated $70 million annually for Colorado's only safety net healthcare provider.

Moody's Ratings analysts revised the outlook to stable from negative on the expectation that states and locals will fill an $8 billion operations funding gap.

The rating agency said legislation signed into law this month to limit annual property tax revenue growth to 5.5% could reduce commercial property collections.

The move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug comes amid slowing growth of cannabis-related tax revenue in states that legalized it, like Colorado.

Along with tax cuts and school funding increases, lawmakers created passenger rail funding streams and paved the way for a historic hotel's bond-financed purchase.

An amended bill that would clear the way for the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority to issue bonds for its purchase of the Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King's The Shining, advanced out of a Senate committee.

A bond-financed purchase of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which served as an inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining, is being pursued by the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority.

Telluride town and its schools both issued debt to fund 'workforce housing' for teachers and public servants who can't afford multi-million dollar real estate.

Texas bond volume climbed 22.5% to lead the nation in a year when issuance in the eight-state Southwest region increased by only 0.6%.

Colorado's sole public safety net healthcare provider faces rising uncompensated care costs, driven in part by treating thousands of uninsured migrants coming from the southern border.

Stronger-than-expected economic numbers could boost bond issuance.

Providing care for thousands of migrants is contributing to the system's escalating uncompensated care costs.

Office sectors in some Southwest cities, including Houston, are stressed due to elevated vacancy rates that may lower assessed values and property tax revenue.

Cities and states in the Southwest are making affordable housing a funding priority through voter-approved general obligation bonds or in their budgets.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1 billion.

A new law creates a commission to recommend changes to address rising property tax bills and ensure the system is sustainable for local governments and school districts.

Flush with bond authorization from the Nov. 7 election, officials are formulating issuance plans, while Colorado's governor called lawmakers back to session after a property tax cut measure was defeated by voters.

The rating agency cited ongoing positive financial and enplanement trends at the airport, which is planning a refunding.

Public schools account for most of the $28.48 billion of bonds on Texas ballots Nov. 7.

States use tax proceeds in a way that appeals to voters because recreational marijuana is often legalized through a referendum process.