Oklahoma

Lawmakers granted Kevin Stitt authority to shift money where it's needed amid a coronavirus-driven fiscal crisis.

Bond-financed student housing was already facing headwinds when the COVID-19 crisis sent most tenants home.

After eight oil-producing states recovered from the 2014 oil price collapse, they face another downturn, S&P Global Ratings said.

Less than six years after the last oil price collapse, producing states of the Southwest are facing another sharp drop and the prospect of recession.

A nonprofit corporation will use the taxable and tax-exempt bonds to buy or refinance 28 skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma and Texas.

State treasurers are sticking to a basic message about the use of tax-exempt bonds to finance public infrastructure.

Buoyed by rising revenues over the past two years, Oklahoma must continue to guard against a downturn, Kevin Stitt said.

Oklahoma saw its economy steadily slowing through 2019, according to Treasurer Randy McDaniel.

The non-profit partner in a $250 million campus apartment complex is suing the university after the school canceled parking and commercial leases.

For the fourth time since 1993, Oklahoma City voters have approved a 1-cent tax to build projects without the use of bonds.

A stagnant energy economy has different effects in two neighboring states that are among the nation's top oil and gas-producers.

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

State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said the state’s efforts to increase reserves, eliminate structural deficits, improve pension finances, and diversify the state’s economy are working.

Public private partnerships for an airport, a commuter rail service, and student housing have gone sour in the Southwest.

Oklahoma joins the ranks of state and local governments struck by hackers, fueling concerns about the escalating risk of such attacks on municipalities.

Accusations that the university violated a moral obligation in connection with bonds for a student housing P3 are false and defamatory, its attorney says.

Oklahoma’s economic expansion appears to be slowing, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

The law firm representing the trustee for a $250 million student housing complex accused the University of Oklahoma of predatory behavior.

China's recently announced suspension of U.S. agricultural imports escalated trade-related risks to U.S. agriculture, said Fitch Ratings.

Refundings rebounded in the first half of 2019, but total bond volume across the Southwest fell to a six-year low.