Bond elections

After two recounts produced different results, the Midland Independent School District's $569 million measure bond fell 26 votes short.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her first State of the State address Tuesday to push a borrowing plan for land conservation rejected by the legislature last year.

The San Diego City Council approved a resolution asking staff to craft language for a $900 million affordable housing bond.

The governor is pushing for $3B of bonding to tackle what he called the nation’s most aggressive program for reducing risks posed by climate change.

A 25-vote defeat turned into an 11-vote victory for the Midland Independent School District measure.

A lawsuit challenges the May 2019 voter approval of the bond measure, which passed with more than 71% of the vote. None of the debt has been issued yet.

The City Council rejected Mayor Mike Duggan's request for $250 million of bond authority to accelerate the demolition of vacant houses.

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will sell $323 million of new money and refunding bonds as it prepares to ask voters for $500 million in new authority.

Voters in the Lone Star State approved $14.5 billion of the $16 billion in state and local bonds on the ballot Nov. 5.

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, schools persuaded voters that waiting would be more expensive, while pitching greener buildings in an education-driven community.

Tuesday's results were led by the city of Scottsdale, which won voter authorization for $319 million of bonds.

Schools, public transit and medical research are among the beneficiaries of successful bond measures Tuesday in the Lone Star State.

Voters were willing to spend, approving most of the largest bond issues before them.

Heavyweight ballot measures include $3.5 billion from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and $3 billion for the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

Government leaders at every level need funding for projects, and when the revenue is not available, voters are asked to approve bonds.

Phil Murphy wants to put a $500 million bond referendum before voters to help pay for making the state’s water systems lead-free.

The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.

If the bonds are approved in March, the junk-rated city plans to issue $250 million of new money, unlimited tax general obligation bonds in 2020.

Only a transportation bond measure survived to reach voters after the legislature's GOP minorities blocked three other borrowing proposals.

Janet Mills offered a slimmed-down compromise bond package in an effort to get borrowing proposals on the November ballot.