Texas

Austin voters in November will weigh a $1.05 billion, single-proposition Austin school bond package.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is poised ask voters to approve bonds this fall to fund improvements to city parks, community centers, fire stations and health clinics, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to a crowded November ballot.

MCKINNEY, Texas -- Collin County commissioners are committed to spending more than half a billion dollars on new freeways in the coming years. But pinpointing the timing of that expense is the looming question.

The Austin school board Monday night called for a $1.05 billion bond package to be placed before voters in November.

The Trump administration joined the Texas state government's defense of its anti-"sanctuary city" law.

Ector County Independent School District's needs in career and technology education, fine arts and technology were discussed during the Bond Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa.

Dallas City Council members appear to have finally found a way to agree on the contents of an $800 November million bond package: spending another $225 million.

POTTSBORO, Texas -- While the board of trustees for the Pottsboro Independent School District continued discussions on the multimillion-dollar bond package Monday night, a final figure for the package remains under consideration.

Texas lawmakers did well on transportation spending but less so on Medicaid funding, according to S&P.

A Katy ISD, Texas, committee has finished crafting a bond referendum proposal worth about $609.2 million that will soon be presented to the district's board of trustees to be approved for a place on the ballot of November's elections.

The Austin, Texas, school board early Tuesday morning approved 40 bond projects totaling $990 million, but delayed the actual vote for calling for a November bond election until next week.

The Pottsboro Independent School District's board of trustees held a special meeting Tuesday to create a trimmed-down version of the initial bond package proposed to the group back in February.

Austin district trustees on Wednesday night continued their work on formulating a bond package, but after discussing projects for four hours, they didn't quite land on an exact bond package or amount to put before voters.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's signature put the state on a $217 billion budget for the next two years.

The Hunt County Commissioners Court has approved the sale of the first bonds which will help pay for multiple projects in the $24 million road bond package approved by voters in November.

WAXAHACHIE, Texas -- Though just over two years have passed since Waxahachie ISD residents passed a $125 million bond package, at least 60 community members agree that current state of the district requires a second, $78 million bond.

Councilman J.Ross Lacy plans to call for a November bond election to give Midlanders what they said they want: better roads.

Dallas and Houston are on the right path to fixing their troubled pensions, according to Moody's.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the legislature to meet in special session to deal with issues that include property taxes and school finance.

Following the annexation of 459.6 acres of land on the city's west side last month, Sherman issued over $6 million in bonds Monday for work on the water systems of that and several other areas.