Texas

Tollway revenue in the first half of 2022 surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 levels in five of the months.

Some Texas lawmakers are pushing legislation that could ensnare muni investment banks offering company funded access to out-of-state abortions for employees.

UBS was the only municipal bond underwriter included on the Texas comptroller's list of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting energy businesses.

UBS' placement on the Texas comptroller's list of fossil fuel industry "boycotters" could jeopardize its role in a natural gas utility securitization bond sale.

The Texas Permanent School Fund's bond guarantee program, capped at $117.32 billion under federal law, reported projected available capacity was only about $3.9 billion as of June 30.

Kansas Gas Service is the third division of Tulsa-based ONE Gas, Inc., to participate in a state-sanctioned securitization related to Winter Storm Uri.

Fitch is bulking up its public finance group with the addition of six municipal bond analysts for its offices in San Francisco, New York and Austin.

Ramirez & Co. and Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC — two Hispanic MWBE firms — are joint bookrunners for the deal, part of Dallas County's sustained push to "maximize professional diversity on the issuance," officials said.

Bond issuance in the Southwest region was down 10.1% to $40.8 billion from January through June compared to the same period in 2021.

Dallas would issue about $1.8 billion of revenue bonds starting next year for the convention center project.