Oklahoma

An agreement between Norman Regional Health System and bondholders postponed a Sept. 1 debt service payment until a $40 million bond sale closes.

Norman Regional Health System says it will use interim financing to make a Sept. 1 debt service payment that bondholders agreed to delay.

A successful court challenge yanked a measure from the Nov. 3 ballot that sought guardrails and accountability for the state's costly universal voucher program.

A proposed constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to determine how local revenue lost due to property tax exemptions is reimbursed was defeated.

Statewide ballot measures, including one before voters in this week's primary, would decrease or even eliminate certain property tax revenue for public schools.

The Oklahoma audit uncovered "complex financial schemes" allegedly by a former Tulsa Public Schools administrator that involved $3.73 million in bond proceeds.

The report takes aim at public school budget balances and charter school funding, and suggests bond issuance to fund teacher compensation endowments.

Revenue from the 0.4% tax would be earmarked for debt service and operating funding for a jail to replace the county's troubled detention facility.

The Oklahoma Council of Bond Oversight approved up to $2.9 billion of bonds to continue financing of a turnpike expansion program and to refund outstanding debt.

Some Southwest states and local governments are reassessing data center developments amid public backlash and litigation against the proliferating projects.

A lawsuit filed in federal court comes as the turnpike was seeking approval from a state oversight council for $1.5 billion of revenue bonds.

Debt proceeds are earmarked for renovations to the university's football stadium, as well as for student housing, parking and other athletic projects.

The letter from officials in Democrat strongholds asked the rating agencies to maintain their focus on financial analytics in viewing energy-dependence, rather than being swayed by the political winds.

A federal appeals court panel stayed a lower court decision that found the 2021 state law to be unconstitutional.

The revenue bonds would continue financing for a 15-year, $8.2 billion program to widen existing toll roads and build new ones.

Actions this legislative session include a ballot measure to tighten caps on property assessment growth and allowing bond issuance for charter schools.

The $762.4 million revenue bond deal will help finance a 750,000-square-foot arena to be named the Continental Coliseum, where the NBA's Thunder will play.

Fitch, Moody's, and S&P were sent a letter from 23 GOP state attorneys general over the use of ESG factors related to fossil fuel in negative rating actions.

The state Supreme Court's ruling comes in a case that targeted the 2022 issuance of nearly $687 million of ratepayer-backed bonds for a utility company.

The Middle East conflict sent oil prices higher, potentially benefitting energy producing states, although heightened inflation risks could hit budgets.