Southwest

The Regional Transportation District will issue $340 million for Denver Transit Partners, the concessionaire of three Denver-area commuter rail lines for RTD.

“This is a preliminary determination, not a proposed adverse determination or a final determination,” the county said.

Local governments are facing calls for tax relief as the pandemic slows the economy and they implement property tax reform legislation.

The state’s economic downturn has yet to subside, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

Among the measures, Arkansas voters voted to make a temporary transportation sales tax permanent and Arizona voters raised income taxes on high earners.

After two failed efforts to bring light rail to one of Texas’ most congested cities, voters approved the Project Connect measure.

Mark Nitcholas will will focus on local and state governments, state agencies and school districts within Texas and the Southwest.

This is the Lone Star State's only bond election day in 2020 after the May date was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long-term municipal bond volume is on pace to set a new record of yearly issuance, thanks in part to issuers rushing to market before the election and a continued taxable boom.

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority will sell $333 million of bonds and notes.