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The Texas House and Senate are moving toward final approval of an $800 million transportation funding measure

Katy Independent School District may ask voters for bonds to fund a $68 million football stadium.

The Denver suburb of Aurora has approved a $25 million tax subsidy to build a conference center hotel at the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Austin Independent School District, Texas, can go ahead with plans to issue $490 million of GO bonds after judge says May ballot met legal requirements.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday signed a bill creating a new university and medical school in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley by merging two existing University of Texas branches.

The Dallas County Hospital District lost its triple-A rating from Fitch Ratings Friday as construction of a $1 billion replacement for Parkland Hospital neared completion.

San Antonio and Bexar County, partners on several major projects, plan to issue a combined $553 million of general obligation bonds in two separate deals this week.

Texas sales tax revenue in June rose 9.1% year over year to $2.17 billion, state Comptroller Susan Combs said last week.

A bill that would provide tuition revenue bonds for 62 construction projects for Texas college and university campuses won a House committee's approval, despite the fact that outgoing Gov. Rick Perry has not added the issue to the call for the legislature's second special session of the year.

Oklahoma may no longer be able to afford to provide tax incentives for a common oil and gas drilling method, state finance secretary warns.