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.
-
The "after-action" report concluded that the Great Hall project would have been better served with a more traditional finance and contracting approach.
By Karen PierogAugust 29 -
UBS was the only bank that underwrites municipal bonds on the list of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting energy businesses under a Texas law aimed at protecting the state's oil and natural gas industry.
By Karen PierogAugust 29 -
UBS was the only municipal bond underwriter included on the Texas comptroller's list of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting energy businesses.
By Karen PierogAugust 26 -
UBS' placement on the Texas comptroller's list of fossil fuel industry "boycotters" could jeopardize its role in a natural gas utility securitization bond sale.
By Karen PierogAugust 24 -
The Texas Permanent School Fund's bond guarantee program, capped at $117.32 billion under federal law, reported projected available capacity was only about $3.9 billion as of June 30.
By Karen PierogAugust 22 -
Kansas Gas Service is the third division of Tulsa-based ONE Gas, Inc., to participate in a state-sanctioned securitization related to Winter Storm Uri.
By Karen PierogAugust 19 -
A county judge ruled that a lawsuit alleging Open Meeting Act violations on the part of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will remain in his court unless the state supreme court chooses to exercise original jurisdiction.
By Karen PierogAugust 17 -
Moody's said 35 out of the 82 borrowers that disclosed first-time draws on debt service reserve funds since April 2020 have averted delinquency "at least for now."
By Karen PierogAugust 16 -
Bond issuance in the Southwest region was down 10.1% to $40.8 billion from January through June compared to the same period in 2021.
By Karen PierogAugust 15 -
Dallas would issue about $1.8 billion of revenue bonds starting next year for the convention center project.
By Karen PierogAugust 10