Southwest

The Austin City Council on Tuesday got its first look at a proposed $851 million bond that could be brought before voters in November.

An unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses eight Wall Street and regional banks and broker-dealers that served as remarketing agents of fraud and collusion in resetting rates for variable rate demand obligations issued by state and local issuers in Illinois.

The old saw that rising rates are bad for bonds may not really be the case, one new report says.

Ground rules and a scope of work were set for the new Ector County Independent School District Bond Advisory Committee that met Monday in the George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa cafeteria.

Traders and muni professionals said it was a typical light Monday in the municipal market — with favorable market technicals mixed with some underlying concern on the political front.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Oklahoma has raised taxes to deal with a teachers strike, a credit positive step, says Moody's Investors Service.

Even after Hurricane Harvey and the threat of a trade war, local governments in Texas are enjoying a surge in sales taxes as they cope with population growth.

Retail buyers of municipal bonds got first shot at New York City’s big general obligation bond sale on Monday.

Traders noted some caution in the muni market ahead of Friday’s release of the March unemployment report.

After being reintroduced, Ardmore City Schools' $44 million bond election passed with 70 percent of the vote.