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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Oklahoma hopes to close on a federal loan this summer for rural highway construction and improvements that would tap into $200 million of borrowing authorized by a 2021 state law.
By Karen PierogApril 19 -
A taxable bond issue will raise $3.4 billion for extraordinary costs incurred by natural gas utilities during deadly Winter Storm Uri that hit Texas in 2021.
By Karen PierogApril 18 -
Denver will head to the municipal market next week with its biggest new money general obligation bond sale ever at $366.4 million.
By Karen PierogApril 13 -
After dropping dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, energy severance tax revenue is soaring along with oil and gas prices.
By Karen PierogApril 11 -
The combined Utah-based Intermountain and Colorado-based SCL will operate 33 hospitals and 385 clinics in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas.
By Karen PierogApril 7 -
Despite speakers' objections over the cost of the project or the need for more restorative justice measures instead of incarceration, all three commissioners voted in favor of the referendum.
By Karen PierogApril 5 -
Firms remain uncertain about how state laws that apply litmus tests for banks and others seeking contracts with governmental entities impact them.
By Karen PierogApril 4 -
Underwriters sidelined by the state's new litmus test on firearms policies have bought many past Texas TRANs, but the state won't need to issue any this year.
By Karen PierogMarch 31 -
A new law in empowers Utah to keep an eye on debt issuance by newer development authorities and a transit agency, as well as approve P3s involving state funds.
By Karen PierogMarch 29 -
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport will bring its first new money issue since 2017 to the municipal bond market next week, buoyed by an rating upgrade.
By Karen PierogMarch 28