Texas

Southwest Airlines' newfound freedom to begin serving long-haul destinations from Dallas Love Field Airport in October poses risks for smaller airports left behind, Fitch Ratings warns.

The Good Shepherd Medical Center serving East Texas is on the verge of losing its Moody's Investors Service investment-grade rating of Baa3, analysts said.

Texas City Independent School District’s AA underlying rating is on Standard & Poor's negative watch list for failing to provide "timely information," the agency said.

Moody's Investors Service has shifted its outlook to negative on Austin's Aa2 rating for water and sewer debt as the city prepares to issue $271 million of bonds in June.

The Plano City Council has approved the largest incentive package in the city's history for the North American headquarters of Toyota Motor Co.

Virgin America will move Dallas flights to Love Field from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

With more than $6.7 billion on local ballots, Texas' largest school bond requests won easy passage May 10.

Texas sales tax revenue rose 5.6% to $2.27 billion in April compared to the same month in 2013, according to Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

A Texas charter school is the first to carry a triple-A rating to the bond market, thanks to new backing from the state Permanent School Fund.

An Austin transportation coalition proposes a $1.4 billion urban rail line that could appear on the November ballot after years of study.

Texas voters will consider approving $6.7 billion of bond issues in 83 local elections May 10, with most of the money going to schools.

The record bankruptcy filing of Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings poses some risk to municipal bond issuers in parts of Texas where the company operates coal-fired power plants, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. has expanded on the west coast and in Texas with addition of two municipal finance veterans.

Houston plans to demolish Terminal D at Bush Intercontinental Airport and build a replacement at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.

With more than $6 billion invested in airport rail links, cities in the Southwest envision a new way of doing business.

Airports may someday face competition from high-speed rail, but that's not a sure thing yet, Kroll Bond Rating Agency said in a new report on rating methodology for general airport revenue bonds.

After a Moody's Investors Service downgrade, Texas Southern University still faces a negative outlook, as do some of the marquee names among historically black universities.

A $23 million entry on the University of North Texas' accounts receivable was unlikely to ever be collected in full, according to an auditor's report.

A plan to reduce congestion in Austin's fast-growing northern suburbs is expected to cost $164 million, says a local government coalition called Project Connect.

Memorial Hermann Health System, one of Houston's pioneering health care providers, plans a $650 million expansion at its Texas Medical City campus.