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A more than $700 million dollar deal that RBC Capital Markets executed in New Mexico earlier this month is has raised the eyebrows of some market participants, who think the firm's municipal advisory relationships with several New Mexico cities created a conflict of interest when it underwrote the deal for a power authority run by those municipalities.

Combined proposals from Texas issuers in November come to about $6.6 billion, with Austin leading the way with about $1 billion.

The municipal market should benefit from the Securities and Exchange Commission's prosecution of Kansas for inadequate disclosure of faltering pension obligations, according to Moody's Investors Service.

A seven-member panel studying high-speed rail service in north Texas plans to seek federal funding to begin development of a line between Austin and Fort Worth.

Nearly 20 years after the airport opened, Denver International Airport is restructuring variable-rate debt as part of a deal that adds a decade to the lease of its major carrier United Airlines by reducing carrier operating costs.

The Texas system for financing public schools remains in violation of the state constitution even after lawmakers restored some of the $5.4 billion cut in the 2011 session, state district court judge John Dietz ruled Thursday.

Voters in the Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District will decide whether to issue $30 million of bonds to build a new school.

A growing number of school districts are showing signs of fiscal stress, acoording to a report from the Colorado State Audtor.

Texas earned record low interest rates on its $5.4 billion sale of tax and revenue anticipation notes on Aug. 26, Comptroller Susan Combs said.

Utah has postponed a $235 million advance refunding that had been expected to price competitively Sept. 3.