Texas

As U.S. airports crowd into the debt market to fund capital projects, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will increasingly turn to taxable bonds.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration had been required to study the idea of more tolls under 2017 state legislation.

Democratic control of the House of Representatives may lower the barrier to sustainable transportation funding, said Bond Buyer conference participants.

The Federal Transit Administration has not yet awarded $760 million of the $2.62 billion Congress set aside for transit grants in fiscal 2018 almost two months after the end of the budget year.

Operators of Texas nursing homes will make another attempt to boost reimbursement rates in the 2019 Legislature as the state's "silver tsunami" gains momentum.

Dave Brayshaw, a 26-year veteran with Hilltop Securities/First Southwest Co., will open a Dallas office for Masterson Advisors.

With voters turning out in record numbers for the midterm Congressional election, local bond proposals in Texas enjoyed strong support.

Sales tax growth in Texas grew 7.3% year-over-year to an October record of $2.6 billion, the state's comptroller said.

The Port of Corpus Christi will team up with the Carlyle Group to finance a $1.2 billion oil export terminal designed to enhance the port's ranking as the top energy exporting hub.

Texas service sector activity continued to expand in September, according the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

School districts again dominate November's local bond questions, but some but cities and counties are offering large debt proposals.

Texas factory activity continued to expand in October, although at a slower pace than the previous month.

Voters in one of the nation's fastest-growing counties will decide on a $750 million bond measure for roads as one of its school districts seeks $690 million.

With Democratic majority, Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, a supporter of tax-exempt bond financing, would chair the Ways and Means committee.

Baylor Scott & White's planned merger with Houston-based Memorial Hermann would combine $5 billion in debt.

In an aging nation, Texas is showing the strongest demographic trends, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Texas service sector activity continued to expand in September, according the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Texas factory activity continued to expand in September.

Thirty states told the Council of Development Finance Agencies they issued mortgage revenue bonds in 2017 compared to only 18 that issued mortgage credit certificates.

The Houston-based firm built by former Hilltop Securities bankers has added three key executives.