Texas

The Texas Legislature ran out of time to approve $900 million for transportation as a special session ended with a dramatic debate over abortion.

Harris County, Texas will consider a $194 million plan to turn the abandoned Houston Astrodome into a convention center and exhibition space

With a new water treatment plant nearing completion, Austin, Texas will issue about $575 million of taxable and tax-exempt new money and refunding.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the unit that prosecutes state corruption will not derail an investigation of a case that could involve the governor's office, the lead investigator said.

Texas District Judge John Dietz has set a Jan. 6 trial date for reopening the lawsuit challenging the state's school finance system.

Blast-damaged West, Texas, and its school district had their credit lowered Wednesday by Moody's Investors Service.

Texas lawmakers are considering overriding Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the Travis County District Attorney's Public Integrity Unit that monitors potential illegal activity among state officials.

El Paso, Texas, will build a downtown ballpark with $60.8 million of 30-year revenue bonds.

The Texas Department of Transportation would get an additional $900 million per year in bonding authority under a constitutional amendment unanimously approved by the Texas Senate in a special session.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the top issuer in the Southwest, is pricing $367 million of revenue bonds Thursday for its $2 billion terminal remodeling program.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said there is not enough time left in the Legislature's special session to deal with college tuition revenue bonds.

El Paso, Texas, may issue $61 million of revenue bonds for new downtown stadium, up from original cap at $52.8 million.

Local governments in the central Texas town of West do not qualify for a 75% federal reimbursement for damages from the April 17 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15.

Dallas' Parkland Hospital Board has approved $42 million of bonds for a new $1.3 billion hospital financed mostly by Build America Bonds issued in 2009.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Perry's proposal to issue 100-year bonds for major infrastructure could get a hearing in a special legislative session now open to transportation issues.

Local opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's refusal to expand Medicaid surfaces, as the state's 254 counties cope with the nation's highest rate of uninsured residents.

San Antonio is preparing to issue up to $400 million of junior-lien revenue bonds for its electric utility CPS Energy as part of a nearly $2.7 billion capital construction plan over the next five years.

The fertilizer plan explosion that leveled part of West, Texas, in April could result in a downgrade of the town's credit.

Key members of the Texas Legislature are developing plans to salvage $2 billion of college and university construction bonds in a special session whose only agenda involves redistricting.

The Texas Panhandle town of Fritch has seen its Standard & Poor's rating fall to D from BBB-minus after defaulting on $3.8 million of water and sewer debt.