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A year after its S&P outlook turned negative, Oklahoma is back to a stable position on strong financial management during COVID.

S&P Global downgrades Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to BBB-plus amid plans to reduce coal consumption and lower costs for members.

Texas A&M University System purchased the privatized housing at three campuses through a taxable revenue bond deal.

It was the second month in the last 12 to show a year-over-year increase.

With its growth only slightly hindered by the pandemic, the University of Texas System aims for savings with refunding deal.

The decline in the first quarter shows the continuing impact of pandemic, exacerbated by the February winter storm that cut power to much of Texas.

The first quarter of 2021 concludes with $102.1 billion, slightly higher than the $95.3 billion that the market saw in the COVID-ravaged first quarter of 2020.

Newman, who died in November at 87, played a key role in public finance in Colorado's boom years.

With some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences fund growth with $139 million of revenue bonds.

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority will seek a federal grant for the light rail tunnel with the support of the City Council.