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The system reported strong investor demand for $350 million of taxable debt earlier in the week.

Municipal utility districts in the Houston area were well stocked with cash before the storm hit, analysts said.

The storms force us to consider the value of public assets in everyday life, the prospects for rebuilding with municipal financing, and the effects on credit quality.

The special session on Sept. 25 will be asked to resolve funding problems in the wake of the state Supreme Court's rejection of a "smoking cessation fee."

Investor-owned utilities are recovering quickly from the storm, the rating agency said.

One of the older school districts in Stephens County, Velma-Alma Public Schools, Okla. is hoping to pass a $350,000 bond to modernize their cafeteria building.

Consolidation and technology are among the changes navigated by the Baggotts of Executive Search Placements.

The immense financial impact of the storm is becoming apparent.

The UT system will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt debt as it prices $600 million of bonds.

Volume shrank from August 2016, when the market was on a record-breaking run.