Southwest

The Texas Transportation Commission also signaled plans to move full-speed-ahead with a $3.5 billion highway project in Austin.

Texas suffered its worst sales tax plunge in 10 years as the pandemic began to grip the state's economy.

April finished with $23.7 billion of issuance, a 15% decline from the $27.9 billion in April 2019. Volatility from the pandemic has caused erratic swings in benchmark yields, resulting in the lowest muni volume total in the month since 2011.

Pessimism about the economic situation in the United States continues to affect the way consumers view the economy and their financial position.

Several of the Lone Star State's manufacturing indexes dropped to record lows in April, a Dallas Fed survey showed.

Like their traditional peers, charter schools in the Southwest see the writing on the wall when it comes to future funding in a coronavirus-driven recession.

Although the pandemic disrupted regular Manhattan-Ogden school operations for the rest of the school year, there's been the small silver lining that construction crews on several district bond projects can start their work, or at least preparation for it, a little earlier.

S&P Global Ratings analysts say bookings that are two to three years out are already being canceled.

After the unprecedented collapse an oil futures contract into negative territory, the leading oil producing states face budget uncertainty.

Sales taxes are a pillar of the Texas state budget, and the usually stable revenue source has taken a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.