Southwest

A potential budget wall between TxDOT and a proposed bullet train could halt the $12 billion project.

Beset by a slumbering energy economy, Oklahoma City is counting on its top bond ratings to attract investors to $90 million of general obligation paper it is selling competitively.

The cost of health care in Texas is rising faster than both the general inflation rate and the growth of the state's population, but state leaders have provided little guidance on how to address major changes that may be coming this year.

Private investment plan revives long-stalled Oklahoma highway project to complete a road loop around Tulsa.

Texas Lawmakers would reduce voter-approved funding for the Texas Department of Transportation by $2.3 billion under a proposed resolution by the state House’s chief budget writer.

With doubts over the future of tolling in El Paso, the Texas city's designated toll authority will issue $35 million of revenue bonds backed by vehicle registration fees this month.

The Texas Department of Transportation will dedicate an additional $2.5 billion for 19 new projects aimed at relieving congestion in the major metro areas if the supervisory Texas Transportation Commission approves.

The San Antonio Water System is facing its first audit by the Internal Revenue Service in years, as the IRS examines the tax-exemption on $83 million of bonds.

Parker Schenken, a veteran public finance attorney from Nebraska, will join the public finance team at Sherman & Howard in Denver, the firm said.

For the second month in a row, Oklahoma reported positive revenue collections in February over the same month last year, state Treasurer Ken Miller said.