Texas

Texas lawmakers may allocate $250 million of unexpected registration fees to reverse a plan to convert some paved state roads to gravel.

Texas sales tax revenue grew 2.7% in September to $2.01 billion, state comptroller Susan Combs reported.

Growth in Texas oil and gas production will continue to pump billions of dollars each year into state's rainy day fund despite proposed diversions.

Bracewell & Giuliani has hired four partners for its public finance team in San Antonio, including a current and former city attorney for the Alamo City.

Charter schools in Texas see big advantages with enhancement of their debt by the Texas' triple-A school bond program available in early 2014.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott dropped his opposition to the merger of American Airlines with U.S. Airways, which faces a federal antitrust lawsuit.

Houston school trustees will consider the district's first tax increase since voters approved a $1.9 million bond program in 2012.

Houston could close city jails if Harris County voters approve a $70 million bond issue for a joint inmate processing center.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its issuer credit rating on Texas to AAA from AA-plus, giving the state top ratings from all three credit ratings agencies.

Two polls show that voters in Harris County are about evenly divided on whether to issue $217 million of bonds to save the vacant, but historic Houston Astrodome.

El Paso won't be liable for an additional $10 million needed to complete a bond-funded downtown minor league ballpark now under construction.

El Paso city leaders are meeting with sponsors of bond-financed downtown baseball stadium after costs went up another $10 million.

The San Antonio Water System next month will issue $180.5 million of debt, including $100 million of variable-rate bonds.

Houston Independent School District's 2007 and 2012 bond projects are on schedule and within budget, officials said.

Bonds issued by Texas charter schools would receive state enhancement under proposed new IRS guidelines.

San Antonio's Via Transit should abandon plans for a $280 million modern streetcar line because of a $70 million funding gap, according to State Rep. Lyle Larson.

Almost $7 billion in debt requests from the state, cities, and school districts will be on Texas ballots in November.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport continues its record-setting pace for bond issuance Tuesday with a $259 million refunding deal.

Political action committee supporting bond referendum to renovate Houston's Astrodome set to raise $250,000 for campaign.

The University of Texas will issue $255 million of bonds to fund new engineering building on its Austin campus.