Texas

Voters in Texas' most populous county approved the flood control bonds after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, but matching funds have been slow to arrive.

Locke Lord's Texas public finance team continues to expand with the addition of Arnold Cantu from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Following the change, S&P now views all U.S. public finance sectors as stable with the exception of higher education.

Governor expected to call for more crackdowns on voting, teaching of race theory in public schools.

Texas entered a new state of uncertainty when Gov. Greg Abbott cut off funds for the legislature while launching an online fundraising scheme for a controversial border wall.

After a year of adjustments made as a result of the pandemic, Baylor University earned a positive outlook on $124 million of new-money revenue bonds.

Analyst John Kenward and public finance commercial manager Kathy Evers retired this spring.

Picking up Donald Trump's top campaign issue, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised to build a wall on the Rio Grande.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar cleared Texas' budget for Gov. Greg Abbott's signature, citing progress on two troublesome fronts — public power and pensions — but credit rating agencies say risks are still elevated.

Traffic is returning to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, but plans to expand have been scaled back.

TxDOT expects to issue $1.5 billion of bonds in fiscal year 2022, with another $1.5 billion issued in fiscal 2024.

Texas is enjoying record revenues amid continuing uncertainty stemming from the pandemic, Glenn Hegar told The Bond Buyer Texas Public Finance Conference.

Texas lawmakers are facing a special session after a battle over elections, firearms and finance.

A Moody's downgrade on San Antonio's convention hotel bonds came with the lowering of the outlook to negative on the city's Aaa issuer rating.

Even with a 23.3% year-over-year drop in May, with five months now officially in the books, long-term muni volume stands at $169.45 billion, ahead of the $157.96 billion issued in 2020.

In the waning days of the Texas Legislature, lawmakers tweaked plans to help utilities absorb billions of charges stemming from February's winter storm.

Texas governments and advisors are waiting to see if the potential exclusion of the state's largest municipal bond underwriters will affect issuance costs.

The legislation would bar firms that receive government contracts from discriminating against firearms companies. Smaller banks have quietly dropped their opposition in hopes of gaining more municipal bond business.

Not only do government entities have new federal funds destined to reach them soon, but citizens also are supporting bond elections in record numbers.

In Montana, two school districts and the state government reported that a new state law signed by the governor on May 6 will end the state tax deduction for certain school bonds after 2023 if those bonds are federally taxable.