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The former New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. chief financial officer will head fixed income capital markets for the firm.

While Wylie Independent School District students returned to class Monday, the district school board made a decision that could affect them for generations to come.

Leaders with the Socorro Independent School District will seek voter approval on a $448.5 million bond measure.

A big drop-off in Texas and a decline in refundings took a bite out of the municipal bond business in the Southwest.

The state of Texas is riding into the market this week with the biggest short-term deal of the year.

Victoria school board members agreed late Thursday night to ask voters in November to approve a $141.2 million capital improvement plan.

After pondering — and in some cases wrestling — with the proposed bond issue, the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees approved calling a Nov. 7 bond issue election for $291,172,291 during a special meeting Thursday.

The Leander, Texas, school board Thursday night unanimously approved putting before voters in November a $454 million bond package, the first in 10 years.

Mineral Wells City Council, Texas, on Tuesday unanimously set Nov. 7 as the day residents can decide the outcomes of three proposed capital improvement projects.

The Pottsboro Independent School District's board of trustees gave its seal of approval Tuesday night on a $54.7 million bond package meant to update many of the district's facilities.

November's ballot will feature $495 million in public improvement bonds after City Council agreed Wednesday to send the package to Houston voters.

There will be a $100 million bond to fix Midland's roads and other aging infrastructure on the November ballot.

About 40 people gathered to discuss concerns about the proposed Victoria Independent School District, Texas' $141.2 million bond proposal in a forum Sunday afternoon.

A bankrupt Texas issuer hasn't missed a bond payment, in contrast to the default of an issuer that hasn't filed.

The Texas cities are preparing to ask for about $2.5 billion of bonds in November.

A controversial meeting of the Aledo ISD bond steering committee on Aug. 3 — which was not announced beforehand to the public or media — resulted in the firing of a consultant from the district's architectural firm, according to the district.

Stafford, Texas, voters will be asked on Nov. 7 to approve a $62 million bond proposal that would include building a new middle school and administration building for the Stafford Municipal School District as well as a magnet school.

Some provisions in a judge's ruling that the city of El Paso can construct the $180 million multipurpose facility downtown — as long as it does not build it as a sports arena — are ambiguous and problematic, city attorneys said.

The Sherman Independent School District's board of trustees held a special meeting Monday night at which the group approved a $1.44 per $100 valuation property tax rate for the year and got its first look at the $170-million-plus bond packages developed by the Citizens Advisory Committee.

Houston's $495 million bond package will fund library repairs, park upgrades and new police and fire vehicles.