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The first quarter of 2021 concludes with $102.1 billion, slightly higher than the $95.3 billion that the market saw in the COVID-ravaged first quarter of 2020.

Newman, who died in November at 87, played a key role in public finance in Colorado's boom years.

With some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences fund growth with $139 million of revenue bonds.

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority will seek a federal grant for the light rail tunnel with the support of the City Council.

With a traffic rebound in the offing, the Austin-based Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's $510 million of bonds and notes were 20 times oversubscribed.

Alan Rubin of Blank Rome Government Relations examines the Texas grid fiasco and resilience concerns nationally, including California and the Northeast. Paul Burton hosts. (17 minutes)

CPS Energy will issue $367 million of bonds to retire commercial paper, after absorbing a pair of downgrades following the Texas power distribution crisis.

The bond insurer adds a second office in the Lone Star State, where it does a large volume of business.

Denver is selling $274 million of dedicated tax bonds in a deal to fund projects at the National Western Stock Show complex and Colorado Convention Center.

S&P Global Ratings cut CPS Energy to AA-minus from AA, as it faces $1 billion in unbudgeted costs for buying expensive power through the state grid operator.