Texas

Bond issuance in the Southwest region was down 10.1% to $40.8 billion from January through June compared to the same period in 2021.

Dallas would issue about $1.8 billion of revenue bonds starting next year for the convention center project.

The controversial Chapter 313 program's property tax breaks will not be offered after Dec. 31, 2022.

Several states are holding sales tax holidays for school supplies and other items amid strong revenue collections, although critics say they will do little to ease the impact of high inflation.

As the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin are moving ahead with expansions of their convention centers.

A heat wave blasting Texas and other states is unlikely to lead to days-long blackouts as 2021's Winter Storm Uri did, the rating agency said.

The lack of a TRANs deal will put off a test of how competitive bidding for the debt may be impacted by the state’s pro-firearm and fossil fuel policies that have sidelined a few big underwriting firms.

Seventeen months after Winter Storm Uri hit the Southwest, state-sanctioned securitizations are queuing up to mitigate a huge spike in energy costs for customers, with an Oklahoma deal the latest to price.

High energy prices and low unemployment have aided Oklahoma’s economy.

Changing federal policies toward hurricane aid may change these events' credit impacts.