Texas

The airport system revenue bonds will finance portions of an estimated $5 billion expansion program at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

The Texas city is reviving a seawater desalination project as it faces a water supply crisis that has impacted its bond ratings.

Plano is the first of six Dallas Area Rapid Transit member cities to cancel a May 2 election to drop out of the agency, while others could follow suit.

The Texas city, which has been hit with negative rating actions over its water woes, signaled it will issue revenue bonds in its hunt for new supplies.

The precedent and, if there were to be an appeals court affirmation, would have a greater impact on Louisiana than Florida, the attorneys said.

The sprawling Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex served by three transit agencies could see more regionalization of services in the future.

The lawsuit contends the city is not complying with a 2024 voter-approved charter amendment requiring increased spending on police.

Cases involving bonds for the city's convention center and a light-rail project are pending before the Texas Supreme Court.

The city of Olathe and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kansas, signaled support for a state bond plan to move the team from Missouri.

A federal court decision enjoins the state from enforcing a 2021 law that penalizes investment banks and others for "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

Addison is the sixth of Dallas Area Rapid Transit's 13 member cities where voters will decide in May whether to drop out of the agency.

The Texas city, which is a regional water supplier, is turning to several sources to boost dwindling water supplies amid an ongoing drought.

After Ken Paxton's opinion said giving preferences based on sex or race is unconstitutional, his office set a new certification requirement for bond issuers.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit's moratorium on new debt issuance comes as voters in five of its 13 member cities will decide whether to withdraw from the agency.

Republican Ken Paxton said his first-of-its-kind legal opinion aims to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in the Lone Star State.

The second-largest public school system in Texas could ask voters to approve as much as $6.24 billion of bond authorization as soon as in May.

University Park joined four other cities in placing measures on the May 2 ballot asking voters to decide whether to withdraw from Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

Bond sales by Texas issuers rose 21% to $82.52 billion, putting the state in second place behind California and well ahead of third-place New York.

Credit pressures are expected to persist for municipal bond issuers facing water scarcity and increasing costs for projects to produce new supply.

The Equitable School Revolving Fund, which has more deals in the works, has maintained its strong credit profile even as the sector has experienced headwinds.