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Austin and Dallas joined Houston in being warned that millions of dollars in state grants are at risk over federal immigration enforcement interaction policies.

Agreements with water districts in the county next door are part of changes to the business plan that include plans to pay off bond debt early.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton argues that state bond bank debt remains one of the muni market's most conservative, well-secured allocations — and makes the case for expanding bond bank models to broaden infrastructure access for smaller and underserved local borrowers and for addressing growing funding needs brought about by shifting federal priorities.

Space Florida would own the assets and lease them to Project Jaguar, Space Florida's Ron Lau said.

RBC Capital Markets, Montague DeRose and Acacia Financial Group were new entrants into the top 10, bumping KNN Public Finance, Omnicap Group and Municipal Capital Markets Group.

The state sold $348.7 million in general obligation bonds Thursday in a competitive deal.

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The top underwriters saw some shuffling, with Stifel Nicolaus and Ramirez entering the top 10 and knocking Barclays and Siebert Williams Shank to 11th and 12th, respectively.

Superior, Wisconsin, officials are mulling a bond-financed acquisition of the water system currently owned by private firm Superior Water, Light, and Power.

The top 10 issuers accounted for $24.148 billion of total issuance, or 19%, in the quarter.

"All critical infrastructure should be on heightened awareness, and that's clearly the message that we're getting from the federal government," Linn Freedman, a partner at Robinson & Cole LLP, said.

The $1.18 billion revenue bond issue will commence long-term financing for a $5.5 billion expansion program at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.