Texas

Long-term leases with container shipping tenants protect ports in the short to medium term should trade decline.

Preston Hollow can proceed with a lawsuit that accuses the municipal bond giant of a campaign of intimidation, a Delaware judge ruled.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport expects to save money with the refunding deal as it advances plans for a new terminal and refurbished runways.

Texas expects to see sizable savings by refunding general obligation bonds for water programs across the state.

Moody's put the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's A3 rating on review for a downgrade in the wake of the Puerto Rico ruling.

Travis County has closed on a $330 million, triple-A rated deal to fund the civil and family courts building in downtown Austin.

The Austin City Council voted Thursday to issue $470 million in debt to purchase an East Texas biomass power plant that has only one customer, the city itself.

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.

Ramirez & Co. makes additions in big markets of Texas and New York.

The federal government's failure to respond to requests for information is partially to blame for the loss of ratings on bonds for four Texas detention centers.

Avoidable inmate deaths in jails allegedly staffed by untrained guards represent a headline and financial risk for counties in Texas.