Southwest

The state Supreme Court ruled that the Kansas school funding system is inadequate.

Port Aransas, Texas, was placed on watch list for a possible downgrade after sustaining damage from Hurricane Harvey.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is scaling back on highway and bridge projects.

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

The Texas Water Development Board priced $1.2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds.

Issuance of municipal bonds fell 33.9% to $26.7 billion compared to $40.4 billion in September 2016.

The firm, which returned this year to public finance, hired five bankers in Texas, Florida, Illinois and New York.

RBC Capital Markets announced today the addition of Steve Fortenberry as a vice president in the firm’s K-12 practice of the Texas municipal finance group.

Oklahoma's Senate leader is calling for a fuel tax increase in addition to a $1.50 per pack fee on cigarettes to rebalance the state budget after a state Supreme Court ruling that struck down the cigarette fee.

The toll revenue bond deal will put the authority's debt under one indenture.