- Texas
Three more private detention centers in Texas lost their investment-grade ratings in the wake of a new federal policy aimed at halting use of the for-profit facilities.
October 3 -
The University of Arkansas will join the college football stadium arms race with a $115 million bond issue for the Razorbacks home field.
October 3 -
Hidalgo County Health Services Corp. debt issued for the Mission, Texas, Regional Medical Center moved closer to a default rating as S&P Global Ratings dropped $26.7 million of bonds to CCC from B-minus.
September 28 - Texas
Three of Texas largest cities have already paid a price for unfunded pension obligations in the form of rating downgrades. Now there are worries that pension obligations could squeeze their ability to issue debt for infrastructure.
September 26 - Texas
S&P Global Ratings downgraded to junk $172 million of bonds for two private immigration detention centers after two federal agencies announced initiatives to end or reduce use of such facilities.
September 21 - Texas
Texas now has the nation's largest rainy day fund after Alaska drained nearly a third of its fund in one year, according to a study by the Texas Comptroller's Office.
September 20 -
Caught in a severe fiscal crisis after energy prices collapsed, Oklahoma is offering $181 million of revenue bonds to keep its highway construction program moving.
September 19 - Texas
State and local governments and showing a wide variety of impacts from the collapse of the oil market that began two years ago, ratings analysts say.
September 15 - Texas
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wants to issue $1 billion of bonds as part of a comprehensive 30-year plan to rein in the citys ballooning pension liabilities.
September 15 -
The rapid increase in refundings for public power and water utilities will likely slow as interest rates are expected to rise through 2018, according to Fitch Ratings. Moody's Investors Service sees a stable operating environment amid low natural gas prices.
September 15