Southwest

For the second year in a row, Texas expects lower bond volume from state agencies, universities and conduits, but outstanding debt continues to grow.

Dallas saw its Moody's Investors Service rating fall one notch to A1 as it grapples with a crisis in its public safety pension fund.

With Dallas trying to stop the run on a rapidly declining pension fund, S&P Global Ratings placed the city’s AA general obligation rating on its watch list for a possible downgrade

For the second month in a row, Oklahoma’s tax collections from the production of oil and natural gas in November surpassed collections from the same month last year, while revenues from all sources continued to fall, according to State Treasurer Ken Miller.

Federal civil rights investigation will delay Colorado’s proposed $1.7 billion P3 highway expansion project.

With revenues running lower than expected in 2016, the Texas Legislature will keep a tighter grip on spending despite increasing demands for growth-related funding in the session that begins next month.

After reducing its revenue forecast for the current fiscal year, Kansas hit its November revenue target as lawmakers prepared for another lean budget year.

Energy-producing states affected by two years of deterioration in natural resource prices can expect continued global headwinds to pressure revenues, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Internal Revenue Service notified the Judson Independent School District near San Antonio that the district’s $240.8 million of 2007 bonds were the subject of a routine audit.

Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health care providers, is in danger of a downgrade from S&P Global Ratings after analysts placed its A-minus rating on its negative watch list.