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Texas Department of Transportation chief financial officer James Bass will move to executive director, a job he previously held on an interim basis.

Arizona State University’s "strong culture of innovation" should translate into improved credit quality over time, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

With oil prices continuing to slide, the Standard & Poor’s outlook for Ector County Hospital District in the heart of the Permian Basin has slipped to negative.

After narrowly winning a runoff for election as mayor of Houston, State Rep. Sylvester Turner must deal with a weakening economy and growing problems with pension and debt.

November Texas sales tax revenue was down 3.3% in November compared to a year earlier, reflecting the continuing fall in oil and gas prices across the state

A continuing strong economy and a return to balanced operations bring Denver Public Schools a Standard & Poor’s upgrade to AA-plus from its previous AA, analysts said.

With dozens of private detention facilities in operation today, battles in the courts and campaign trail could enhance or dim the outlook for detention debt in 2016.

After four months of falling below expectations, Kansas revenues exceeded estimates for November, according to the state Department of Revenue.

With the nation’s largest percentage of uninsured patients, Texas hospitals face great uncertainty over whether the federal government will renew a five-year Medicaid waiver or penalize the state for not expanding coverage, experts say.

Seven U.S. cities intend to dedicate 10% of their annual budgets toward resilience strategies under a worldwide program designed to fortify urban centers.