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The study comes as the city faces a growing structural budget deficit and shrinking reserves that led to negative bond rating outlooks.
February 12 -
A recent Texas Supreme Court decision will force the city to increase the amount of property tax revenue allocated to a dedicated drainage and street fund.
February 5 -
The deal, which marks the city's largest special facilities revenue bond issuance, will help finance a terminal project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
November 19 -
As headline risk swirls around the Fed and the transition to the Trump administration, municipals have largely stayed in their own lane. November finds the municipal market "in far better technical shape, with an attractive backdrop through at least year-end," J.P. Morgan's Peter DeGroot said.
November 15 -
The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority's CEO was ousted and its chair faces ouster as it prices a $330 million deal to restructure its bond debt.
October 29 -
The event went on as scheduled Tuesday against a backdrop of escalating conflict between the mayor and controller, with each requesting a probe of the other.
October 23 -
Conference sponsorships targeting bond firms led Mayor John Whitmire to call for a probe into actions by Controller Chris Hollins, who denied any wrongdoing.
October 18 -
Houston and other Texas cities face financial pressure caused by weather disasters, public safety salaries and pensions, or capped property tax collections.
October 15 -
A negative outlook for the city's AA rating by Fitch Ratings follows similar action taken by S&P Global Ratings in July.
September 16 -
The mayor and controller debated the causes for the rating outlook revision to negative from stable ahead of a July city bond sale.
July 31