Southwest

In its last deal of the year, the University of Texas System will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt bonds in a $241 million pricing.

The Texas Water Development Board' $255 million bond issue for a reservoir on the Lower Colorado River is expected to bring savings of $18 million.

Texas could face the loss of as much as $1.1 billion per year in franchise tax revenue if a recent court ruling survives an appeal, Comptroller Glenn Hegar warned.

Texas’ El Paso County Hospital District received a two-notch Standard & Poor’s downgrade in the wake of the district’s legal settlement with an affiliated children’s hospital that’s in bankruptcy.

Oklahoma plans to price $115 million of revolving fund revenue bonds to replenish its loan pool for local water utilities.

An Allen, Texas, bond committee has ranked $103 million of projects that could show up on a bond proposal next May.

A $500 million power plant in Brownsville, Texas that would have included public investment has been delayed due to low natural gas prices.

In one of its largest deals in recent years, the Kansas Department of Transportation will issue $400 million of revenue bonds for its “T-Works” highway program.

When the Colorado General Assembly convenes in January, lawmakers will face a $373 million shortfall that could pose risks for education, healthcare and social services.

A $282 million federal transportation loan will finance additional lanes on an eight-mile stretch of U.S. 183 in Austin, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced.