Texas

A mechanism for taxing internet sales on out-of-state sellers could mean an additional $850 million of revenue for Texas, according to legislative analysis.

The top three bond proposals — all in excess of $1 billion — won easy approval even as some large school district measures fell short.

The University of Texas System will bring $386.8 million of refunding bonds to market this week.

Thieves stripped copper wiring and appliances, Newton County officials said.

The new mayor and council will take office after a bond issue resolves a longstanding back-pay lawsuit that the departing mayor once said threatened bankruptcy.

School districts dominate the list of 64 issuers seeking $11.2 billion of debt authority.

The audit concluded a year and one day after the sports authority received a letter dated April 4, 2018, informing it that the tax-exempt status of the bonds was being examined.

A higher state sales tax would be used to help fund public schools, in connection with a cap on local property taxes.

Nuveen, in its defense against Preston Hollow's lawsuit, says its conduct in the fight for bond business was legal whether the other firm likes it or not.

Municipal bond industry veteran Mark McGruder has joined BOK Financial as head of municipal bond underwriting and trading.