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The federal Bureau of Prisons' phase out of private prisons has only a small effect on the municipal bond-financed private lockup sector, leaving bond-financed immigration detention centers untouched.
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Eight years after the housing market collapse, the senior housing sector is growing with the help of near record-low interest rates that have prompted a rush to market.
August 18 - Texas
Lenders will own the private operator of State Highway 130 near Austin under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan filed last week.
August 15 - Texas
Despite a two-year slump in the energy industry, local sales tax revenue for Texas cities, counties and other jurisdictions rose 1.2% in July, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported.
August 11 - Kansas
Experts in Kansas government say the defeats of many of Gov. Sam Brownbacks allies in the GOP primary showed that moderates have had enough of his policies of cutting taxes while reducing spending on state services.
August 8 - Oklahoma
Oklahomas continuing downturn in revenue has exceeded the slump that followed the global financial crisis of 2008, state Treasurer Ken Miller said.
August 5 - Arkansas
After ending the 2016 fiscal year with a surplus, Arkansas began the new fiscal year with revenues running 1.7% below projections, officials said.
August 4 - Texas
With energy in the doldrums, Texas saw its sales tax revenue fall 1.5% in July compared to the same month last year, said state Comptroller Glenn Hegar.
August 3 - Kansas
Kansas started its fiscal year $12.8 million below the revenue forecast for July, continuing a trend that factored into a credit downgrade from Standard & Poor's.
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The University of Texas System will bring its triple-A credit to two bond deals worth a combined $609 million.
August 1