Southwest

Tioga Independent School District, located north of Dallas, has a state-appointed monitor to develop and implement "a corrective action plan."

Massive transit projects have funding momentum, and traditional road and bridge projects are advancing as well despite political opposition and some shaky funding.

The measure, which passed with slim vote margins in the Republican-controlled legislature, could drive banks out of the state's market, according to the governor.

The publicly offered tax-exempt debt product is new for the firm and the collateralized debt obligation structure may be one of the first for the market since the 2008 financial crisis.

The bill creates an ESG Oversight Committee to compile a list of financial services providers determined to be "discriminating" against the fossil fuel, firearm, or ammunition industries.

The House and Senate differ in their approaches to lowering property taxes by billions of dollars as the state anticipates a record budget surplus.

The state House Appropriations Committee dropped $3.86 billion from a supplemental spending bill, but its chair said the money is "still in play."

Big national banks would be banned from state and local government contracts in Oklahoma if their policies "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

A plan to build a light rail system in the Texas capital city has come under financial and political pressure.

"Florida will not side with economic central planners; we will not adopt policies that threaten personal economic freedom and security," said Gov. Ron DeSantis.