Southwest

Rating agencies have restored stable outlooks on the University of North Texas system as UNT prepares to go to market with $222 million of revenue bonds.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office will not decide on the local property tax exemptions of two P3 student housing projects at Texas A&M.

Colorado Department of Transportation executive Michael Cheroutes moves to the private sector Oct. 1 as founder of the Colorado Center for Infrastructure Investment, a nonprofit that will consult on public-private partnerships.

The three states that rely on the Colorado River for their water supplies will not face federal rationing in 2016, a fact that is credit positive for bond issuers in the region, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

With enrollment falling for the fourth year in a row, New Mexico State University has taken a Standard & Poor’s downgrade to AA-minus.

Financially stressed Graham, Texas, has seen its Standard & Poor’s rating fall out of the “A category” with the threat of further downgrades due to a negative outlook.

A positive outlook from Standard & Poor’s may lead to an investment-grade rating for the Decatur County Hospital Authority.

After achieving net present value savings of $65 million on a $764 million refunding, the North Texas Tollway Authority is preparing for its financial close on the deal Sept. 24.

With its largest U.S. project recently completed in Dallas, the nation’s top builder of private toll roads is preparing to pitch Colorado on a major redevelopment of Interstate 70 in metro Denver.

Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.