Oklahoma

The county awarded $215 million of general obligation limited tax bonds for a jail project with uncertain future funding to lowest bidder BofA Securities.

A debt restructuring by Ninnekah Public Schools aimed to reduce the impact of a court-approved settlement that will still result in a huge property tax hike.

Summit Utilities Oklahoma used reserve funds to help cover an Oct. 1 payment on taxable bonds sold in 2022 through the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority.

In a 2-1 vote, county commissioners approved an Oct. 8 competitive general obligation bond sale to keep funding a jail project amid escalating costs.

A state lawmaker is asking the court to invalidate a 2022 nearly $700 million bond sale due to inadequate audits by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Bond sales in the eight-state region totaled $54.9 billion, trailing the nation with an 8.1% gain year-over-year as Texas issuance slipped 7.6%.

A flow of public dollars to private schools has raised credit concerns about public schools and spurred litigation in Southwest states.

Officials are considering selling more voter-approved bonds for the stalled project, which could be jumpstarted with a phased-in construction approach.

The city council voted unanimously to hold a special election on an 11-part GO bond proposition, which will be the largest in the city's history.

With big state incentives and tariff protection, a United Arab Emirates-based aluminum producer has pledged to build the first new U.S. smelter in decades.

Oklahoma can continue to collect income taxes from certain Native Americans in a case that threatened to cost the state millions of dollars in tax refunds.

Under the agreement, the NBA's Thunder will play for at least 25 years in an arena that will be largely financed by a sales tax revenue bond sale later this year.

A new law lifts the revenue bond cap for the Grand River Dam Authority to $3.6 billion from $1.41 billion

The agreement includes $12.6 billion in spending for the fiscal year that begins July 1 and an income tax cut estimated to cost $160 million.

The law prohibits state and local government contracts worth $100,000 or more with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that bans state and local government contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The $350 million revenue bond issue will refund bonds sold in 2015 and finance improvements to the airline's primary maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Accusations are flying between the Republican state treasurer and attorney general, adding fuel to a battle that started last year.

A bill exempting local governments from a law prohibiting contracts with firms that "boycott" fossil fuels met a key milestone as did a pro-gun blacklist bill.

The S&P issuer rating upgrade marks the second for Oklahoma since September when Moody's raised its rating a notch to Aa1.