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The Texas Permanent School Fund that backs bond debt in the state achieved a record high market value of $29 billion at the end of 2013.

The Texas Department of Transportation plans to supply a hungry muni market with $2.6 billion of top-rated bonds in a series of first-quarter deals.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to welcome the arrival of an Airbus A380 double-decker jumbo jet at a new gate in October.

Northside Independent School District has approved a $648.34 million bond election for May 10 for renovations and new schools.

Port of Houston Deputy executive director Roger Guenther moves into the top job after Leonard Waterworth ends his two-year tenure.

Standard & Poor's outlook shifts to stable from negative on a Vail Valley golf community whose private club was tied up in bankruptcy and litigation.

The federal Department of Transportation signs off on an $840 million loan to a seven-county toll road system around Houston.

The San Antonio Water System will reject controversial proposals from three private developers to pipe water to the city from as far away as 150 miles and go with desalination.

The hot Texas economy is spurring operators of the state's airports and seaports to provide new infrastructure to accommodate the growing state.

Cook Children's Hospital, the dominant provider of children's healthcare in Fort Worth, Texas, is planning its second expansion in five years with $175 million of bonds.