Texas

The governor's 11-item agenda for the special legislative session covers a wide array of social issues along with funding for the legislative branch.

With the effects of the pandemic fading, Texas tax collections showed strength across all sectors, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

Voters in Texas' most populous county approved the flood control bonds after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, but matching funds have been slow to arrive.

Locke Lord's Texas public finance team continues to expand with the addition of Arnold Cantu from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Following the change, S&P now views all U.S. public finance sectors as stable with the exception of higher education.

Governor expected to call for more crackdowns on voting, teaching of race theory in public schools.

Texas entered a new state of uncertainty when Gov. Greg Abbott cut off funds for the legislature while launching an online fundraising scheme for a controversial border wall.

After a year of adjustments made as a result of the pandemic, Baylor University earned a positive outlook on $124 million of new-money revenue bonds.

Analyst John Kenward and public finance commercial manager Kathy Evers retired this spring.

Picking up Donald Trump's top campaign issue, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised to build a wall on the Rio Grande.