Southwest

Finance officials from Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Palm Beach County have joined Israel Bonds' new Government, Industry and Financial Services Leadership group.

A constitutional amendment approved by Texas voters Nov. 7 will reduce public school property taxes, leaving the state to make up for the revenue reduction.

More than one out of every 100 residents who pay income taxes left the Empire State during the pandemic in 2020, according to report released by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. And, while slowing, the trend hasn't stopped.

The approval last month by Texas voters of a constitutional amendment to create an endowment fund led S&P Global Ratings to revise the school's outlook to positive from stable.

The decision by the District of Columbia-based U.S. Appeals Court will officially vacate the Surface Transportation Board's environmental approval for the project.

Court-approved asset sales and bond exchanges are pushing a participant sports venue, a hospital, and a senior living community closer to exiting Chapter 11.

City Controller Chris Brown called for more due diligence on financing plans for a $2.6 billion project to renovate Bush Intercontinental Airport's Terminal B.

The outlook revision from negative comes as the school system prepares to tap more of its record $2.44 billion of voter-approved bond authorization next year.

A new law creates a commission to recommend changes to address rising property tax bills and ensure the system is sustainable for local governments and school districts.

The project was to have been the first small modular reactor technology in the U.S.