City of Houston, TX

Houston hits the market with more certainty about its pensions but less about the tax-exempt market.

Houston's outlook from Moody's Investors Service was boosted to stable from negative.

With a record $12 billion of bond proposals on ballots across Texas, voters approved more than 91%, according to the Texas Comptroller's Office

Voters in Houston approved the measure by a more than three-to-one margin.

The statewide total exceeds the previous record of $9.1 billion in November 2015.

One city has been placed on credit watch as a clearer picture of the storm's damage emerges.

The immense financial impact of the storm is becoming apparent.

A full assessment of Hurricane Harvey's impact to municipal credits remains weeks away as Houston and southeast Texas continue battling high waters.

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

Despite repeatedly promising to address Houston's affordable housing needs, city officials sat for years on more than $30 million in voter-approved housing bonds.