Texas

Phil Wilson, executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation and former aide to Gov. Rick Perry, will become general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority Feb. 1.

Moody's Investors Service lowered the outlook on its Baa1 rating for Galveston Wharves to negative, citing reduced cargo and passenger volumes.

Laredo Independent School District will refund lease-revenue bonds with long-term debt that does not carry the state's Permanent School Fund guarantee.

Moody's Investors Service on Monday upgraded the sales-tax-supported debt of Corpus Christi, Texas, to A1 from A2, citing an increase in pledged revenues.

Austin will create transportation infrastructure zones around proposed commuter rail stations under a city council agreement.

After 44 months of growing sales tax revenues, Texas recorded a record $2.4 billion in November amid booming oil and gas production.

As Harris County continues to receive Hail Mary proposals to save the Houston Astrodome, site work has begun that could represent the first stage of demolition.

The 20 states that have rejected Medicaid expansion will cost their taxpayers billions of dollars, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund.

A former top official for the $3 billion bond-funded Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has been indicted on felony charges.

Former Bear Stearns managing director Roberto "Bobby" Ruiz was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a massive El Paso County corruption case.

A company that will convert landfill methane gas to electricity for the city of San Antonio will use $9 million of taxable revenue bonds to finance the project, officials said.

Standard & Poor's on Monday raised the rating on $10.9 million of utility bonds issued for the city of Sherman, Texas, to AA-minus from A-plus.

Dallas Independent School District will issue $143 million of qualified school construction notes this week with proceeds earmarked for expansion and maintenance projects throughout the state's second-largest school district.

The Fannin County Public Facility Corp. in Texas is negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a dispute over $30.78 million of revenue bonds it issued in 2008 to finance a jail.

Fifty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Parkland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, is preparing to move into a new $1.27 billion facility across the street.

The Texas Public Finance Authority plans to issue $45 million of general obligation refunding bonds bearing the state's triple-A rating on Dec. 4.

State and federal investigations of the Beaumont, Texas, Independent School District brought a Moody's Investors Service warnings of a possible downgrade on the district's $405 million of general obligation debt Tuesday.

Vice President Joe Biden used a visit to the Port of Houston to renew the Obama administration's proposal for a $50 billion infrastructure renewal program.

The debt portfolio of a Houston redevelopment authority will be restructured through a $33.5 million sale of tax-increment revenue bonds.

The nation's mayors are urging Congress to avoid "manufactured crises" like another federal government shutdown because cities are struggling more economically this year than last.