Oklahoma

After selling $500 million of revenue bonds in 2023, the turnpike authority could return to the market later this month with a $1.3 billion issue.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

The action was taken ahead of a bond sale for a controversial 15-year expansion program that is currently estimated to cost $8.2 billion up from $5 billion.

A circuit court judge earlier this year struck down the law prohibiting state and local government contracts with firms "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

The county is reviewing responses to a request for proposals to help fund construction of a replacement jail through a bond-financed lease-purchase arrangement.

The turnpike plans to sell $1 billion of revenue bonds in 2025's first quarter to continue funding for an expansion project now estimated to cost $8.2 billion.

Issuers in Southwest states led by Texas are hoping voters will approve billions of dollars of bonds in Tuesday's election.

The lawsuit targets emails with the message "from our friends in DC" that relate to the treasurer's list of firms restricted from state business.

A constitutional amendment would allow municipalities to approve districts that could issue bonds to finance infrastructure for housing developments.

Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.

Water agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Denver are selling a combined nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds this week.

After getting positive outlooks from three rating agencies since 2023, Oklahoma received its first upgrade.

Issuers in the eight-state region sold $50.6 billion of bonds with Texas accounting for 65% of the volume.

The states and others are pushing back against studies showing adverse financial effects from laws that punish banks for their fossil fuel and firearm policies.

Concerns have been raised about audits related to nearly $2.9 billion of ratepayer-backed bonds sold for Oklahoma utilities in 2022.

Challenges to laws banning investment banks from underwriting municipal bonds and the targeting of other financial firms for divestment purposes may result from a recent Oklahoma ruling.

The state attorney general's office said it will appeal the ruling prohibiting enforcement of 2022's Energy Discrimination Elimination Act.

The city had set an Aug. 27 election on a proposition to create tax increment financing districts to help finance an arena project.

Laws enacted in Arkansas and Kansas will reduce income tax revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars in fiscal 2025.

Controversy over where to build a new jail has delayed further issuance of $260 million of voter-approved bonds after an initial $45 million sale.