Karen is a senior reporter covering the Southwest. She has covered the municipal bond market for more than 30 years at The Bond Buyer and Reuters. Prior to that she wrote about futures and options markets for magazines and was an award-winning reporter for a suburban Chicago newspaper chain.
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Biennial budget bills filed by the Texas House and Senate include $15 billion in property tax cuts amid a projected $32.7 billion surplus.
By Karen PierogJanuary 25 -
School districts must sell bonds based on their own ratings or with private insurance because the triple-A-rated Permanent School Fund's capacity is nearly maxed out.
By Karen PierogJanuary 23 -
The Texas attorney general's office determined a Citigroup commercial firearms policy does not comply with a 2021 state law prohibiting state and local government contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearms industry.
By Karen PierogJanuary 19 -
With the Permanent University Fund only benefitting the two biggest public universities in Texas, the state legislature will consider creating an endowment for other higher education institutions.
By Karen PierogJanuary 18 -
As revenue collections climb, governors are laying out plans to reduce property, sales, and income taxes.
By Karen PierogJanuary 9 -
As a result of low projected available capacity, some school districts may not get the program's triple-A ratings for their bond sales.
By Karen PierogJanuary 5 -
While the turnpike authority is mulling an appeal of an Open Meeting Act violation judgment, lawyers for property owners are preparing to sue over money paid to contractors.
By Karen PierogJanuary 4 -
IDE Technologies proposed a privately financed project to bolster Arizona's water supply by delivering desalinated water from Mexico to the state via a pipeline.
By Karen PierogDecember 30 -
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma will submit an application to the U.S. Department of Energy for their HALO Hub, which involves public-private partnerships.
By Karen PierogDecember 28 -
State agencies expect to issue about $14.42 billion of debt during the fiscal year that began Sept. 1.
By Karen PierogDecember 27