Texas

After reaching major milestones in wind power, Texas is seeing signs that a boom in cheap natural gas could inhibit the growth of renewable energy.

The new baseball stadium in downtown El Paso will cost $10 million more than expected under a revised construction contract proposed by city officials last week.

The Rockefeller Foundation selected eight cities to participate in the RE.Invest Initiative, a national effort to support sustainable infrastructure that includes financial advice on P3 options.

The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority is fending off a legislative effort by the company that insures nearly $1 billion of its stadium bonds to restrict use of revenues to debt service.

Texas legislators have reached a deal on a $94 billion spending plan over the next two years but need to work out details on a $2 billion water bond program and $400 million of transportation funding.

A school district in the Texas Panhandle passed a $30 million general obligation bond referendum by a single vote at the polls on May 11.

Texas State sales tax revenues in April totaled $2.15 billion, an increase of almost 4% from April 2012 collections.

Rising concern about the availability of future water supplies and the need for new infrastructure will take center stage at The Bond Buyer's Financing Municipal Utilities Conference.

Texas voters turned against some major bond proposals in elections held Saturday.

University of Texas regents approved $334.5 million of university revenue bonds to fund a medical school in Austin.

Texas voters will consider more than $2.5 billion of bond issues in sixty school districts across the state Saturday.

With new competition fast approaching, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is returning to the debt market to price $367 million of revenue bonds for its terminal renewal and improvement program.

A Travis County civil court judge has denied a request for a restraining order seeking a halt to voting on $892 million of general obligation bonds sought by Austin ISD.

The Texas Senate is considering whether taxpayers should bail out investors in a failed private prison that has remained vacant since it was completed in 2010.

A bill that would have provided $2 billion of bonds from the Texas rainy day fund for water projects appeared dead in the state House after a procedural move by opponents.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Texas' right to draw water from Oklahoma could have a major impact on interstate water compacts across the nation, experts said.

Austin is considering a plan to lease its airport to finance a light rail system, a move that would allow the city to bypass bonds for an inaugural 5.5-mile transit line.

Ratings agencies are awaiting details on the debt structure of the combined St. Luke's Episcopal Health System of Texas and Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives before issuing an opinion on the $2 billion deal.

El Paso could alter its annual contributions to a city pension fund under bills filed with the Texas Legislature

Houston is issuing debt to raze derelict housing left behind by the city's rapid growth as part of a $332 million bond issue this week.