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Reports that the Harris County, Texas Toll Road Authority will sell commercial papers under a multi-million dollar short-term borrowing program approved by County commissioners in September 2001. Ways in which proceeds of the sale will be utilized; Dealer and bond counsel for the sale; Ratings of the commercial papers by various rating agencies.

Reports the plans of North Texas Tollway Authority and Harris County Toll Road Authority to implement commercial paper program in Dallas, Texas. Benefits of the commercial paper program to the authority; Rating of the program by the Standard & Poor's; Proceeds of the program.

Reports the efforts of bond market professionals to bring normalcy in Texas after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. Intention to roll out due commercial papers in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport; Request for money market funds; Confidence on the ability of market to recover.

Reports the selling of commercial paper by the Texas Public Finance Authority in Dallas, Texas. Finance of government projects; Acquisition of liquidity for note program; Conversion of long-term debt.

The system is managing the pandemic's impact on its campuses and hospitals, as well as a drop in the price of oil, which supports it financially. Neither situation is expected to shake its rating strength. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that Dallas Area Rapid Transit will sell 500 million dollars of commercial paper in Dallas, Texas. Long-range capital finance plan; Revenue bonds approved by the voters that will be sold.

Reports that Phoenix, Texas city officials are preparing to close a commercial paper sale that will provide interim financing for water system upgrades and expansion. First use by the city of commercial paper as a short-term financing tool; Rating given by Moody's Investors Service to the water system revenue bond anticipation notes.

Reports on the use of a commercial paper program by the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board for security needs. Worth of the paper program; Security measures to be implemented through the program; Loss suffered by the airline in 2001.

Reports that Fort Worth, Texas is seeking permission from the Texas general public to expand its commercial paper program to fund the general obligation projects approved by voters in a bond election on February 1998. Purpose of the commercial paper program; Replacement of the short-term borrowing with long-term bonds; Main criteria for gaining approval for the program.

Reports that Houston, Texas plans to sell $258.59 million of public improvement bonds on November 20, 2002 in a negotiated deal in an effort to defease part of the city's outstanding commercial paper and to refund most of its debt from several annexed municipal utility districts. Co-financial advisers of the city; Co-bond counsel for the deal; Districts annexed by the city.

The article reports on the plans of Austin, Texas to offer electric utility system revenue refunding bonds. The insured bonds will be sold via electronic bidding platform. Proceeds from the bonds will take out commercial paper issued throughout the finance projects for the city's electric utility, Austin Energy.

Focuses on Texas-based Dallas Area Rapid Transit's plan to launch a second round of taxable commercial paper issuance on June 26, 1998, to fund capital projects. Funds for the expansion of a light rail system; Purchase of new buses; Letter of credit providers.

The article reports on the move of Austin, Texas-based public power wholesaler Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to issue 200 million dollars of revenue bonds to refund commercial paper that financed expansion of the electric power's transmission system. The revenue bonds, which is expected to sell in May 2010, will also include some new money for the transmission construction fund. The proceeds from the bond issue will go toward power lines in the agency's Central Texas service area.

Reports the marketing of tax and revenue commercial notes by the Texas state. Authorization of the state to use the sale of the notes as operating capital; Competition among ratings agencies for the buying of the notes; Traditional ways of in preparing cash-flow projections.

Reports on the sale of from a multimillion-dollar taxable commercial paper authorization by University of Texas. Plan of the university to issue its first-ever taxable debt; Purpose of proceeds from the issue; Acquisition of an office building in the Houston Medical Center.

Announces the plan of Harris County in Texas to sell general obligation bonds within November 2003. Types of bonds include in the deal; View of Edwin Harrison, director of finance for the county, on the proposed deal; Projects that would benefit from the sale of bonds.

Discusses the water and wastewater system revenue refunding bonds to be sold by the state of Austin in the first week of February 2003. Purpose behind the sale of bonds; Insurers of the deal; Program that provides interim finance for the state's capital needs.

Focuses on a Houston debt issue that could total as much as $250 million of general obligation current-refunding bonds. Purpose of the bonds; Sale date; Maturity; Pledge; Redemption provision; Ratings; Siebert Branford Shank & Co. as senior manager; Co-financial advisers; Co-bond counsel.

The article focuses on the plan by Harris County, Texas to issue commercial paper in 2009 to fund its proposed restoration of the old civil courthouse in downtown Houston. Edwin Harrison, director of financial services, said that the county has planned to replace the notes with long-term financing upon the completion of the said project. The National Register of Historic Places has included the renovated building in the list that will serve as the new building for the 14th Texas Courts of Appeal.

Focuses on the performance of municipal bond funds in Texas. Portfolio managers' interest in health care and industrial development bonds; Outlook for interest rates in the municipal market.

Reports the issuance of revenue bonds by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit in Texas. Construction of the rail corridor; Reimbursement of commercial paper issue; Credit ratings of the bonds.

Reports that the Texas Municipal Power Agency has unified its taxable commercial paper program. Factors prompting the agency's decision to unify its program; Rating given to the agency's commercial paper issues.

Reports the move of Dallas Area Rapid Transit to sell sales-tax revenue bonds in Dallas, Texas. Total value of the bonds; Purpose of the proceeds from the issue; Rating of the deal from Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's.

Reports the entry of the water and sewer revenue bond deals of Houston and Dallas cities into the money market in Texas. Amount of the proceeds from the sale needed to refund outstanding commercial paper; Approval of a commercial paper program to finance water and sewer projects; Rating of the bonds by Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Corp.

Discusses the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency's shift from commercial paper to variable-rate demand notes for its multi-million financing of the continued expansion of a light rail system. Issuance of the notes as weekly floaters; Repayment with federal grants; Expected amount of the contract.

Reports on Texas' $1.1 billion liquidity support for state bond issuers. Comparison with liquidity guarantees in other states; Securitization of commercial paper and variable-rate bonds of state agencies; Use of the state's liquidity support as indicator of its economic health; Average daily cash balance of the state.

Texas agencies expect to issue about $8.05 billion in bonds, commercial paper and notes in fiscal year 2022, an increase of $2.88 billion or 56% over the previous fiscal year, according to the state Bond Review Board. Texas ended fiscal year 2021 with a total consolidated general revenue fund cash balance of $14.42 billion, an 85.4% increase from the fiscal year 2020 year-end closing balance of $7.78 billion. [Extracted from the article]

Reports the issuance of water and sewer revenue bonds in Dallas, Texas. Rates given by rating agencies on the bond issue; Characteristics of the water and sewer system; Interest rates of the commercial paper debt.

Reports on the sale of a commercial paper program of the Texas Public Finance Authority. Cost of the sale; Proceeds of the sale to finance the state projects; Terms of the deal.

The Lone Star State sold $8 billion of notes to buyers with an endless appetite for short-term muni paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports that the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System would go to market in May 2005 with a $425.1 million offering of revenue bonds, a deal that will combine new money and refunding of commercial paper and outstanding debt. The bonds, which will be priced Thursday, will be offered in two branches: $151.7 million of Series 2005A bonds and $273.5 million of Series 2005B bonds. Gregory Anderson, associate vice chancellor and treasurer of the Texas said that the Series 2005A debt encompasses all tuition revenue debt projects, while the Series' 2005B bonds are non-tuition revenue debt projects.

Reports the assignment of Standard & Poor of its triple-Af credit quality and S1 volatility ratings to the State of Texas Treasury Pool. Amount of the commercial paper issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority; Rating of Carole Keeton Rylander; Reflection of triple Af and S1 rating. INSET: Texas Harbor District to Sell $466M Deal for Dow.

Reports the sale of a junior-lien water system revenue bond by Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. in Dallas, Texas. Plans to finance capital projects and outstanding commercial paper; Views of finance director Kevin Keogh on the finance deal; Modifications of water treatment plants.

Reports on the plans of the Texas Public Finance Authority to sell bond issues in January 2002. Targets set by the agency for the 20-year fixed-rate bonds; Division of bonds in two series for sales; Company managing the commercial-papers for bond sales; Financial adviser for the bond sales.

Reports separate business negotiations on bonds sale involving the cities of San Antonio and Houston in Texas. Proceeds of the bonds sale; Amount of the transaction; Ratings of the bonds.

The article reports on the plan of the government of Dallas, Texas to issue up to $500 million of wastewater and water revenue bonds on March 2007. According to Dallas chief financial officer David Cook, the city council intends to get $200 million of commercial paper it issued to fund utility projects and take out the refund portions of bonds issued in 1998, 2001 and 2003. Information on the parties involved in the deal is also addressed.

The article reports on the deal offered in the San Antonio, Texas bond market on behalf of its water system. Sources say that the deal, worth $288 million, is lead by UBS Securities LLC, joined by Bear Stearns & Co., Apex Pryor Securities Inc. and Jackson Securities Inc. According to Doug Evanson, vice president and chief financial officer for the San Antonio Water System, most of the proceeds from the deal will take out existing tax-exempt commercial paper.

The article reports on the sale of 263.7 million water revenue bonds by the city of Dallas in Texas. The proceed will be used for the restoration of the city's capacity to finance the development of wastewater facilities and to enhance billing and meter-reading systems. The municipality has been using commercial paper and then convert it into long-term bonds upon project completion.

The article reports on the multi-million dollar offering of San Antonio Water System for water system revenue refunding bonds in San Antonio, Texas. The deal includes the take-out of 227 million dollars of commercial paper. The system issues commercial paper throughout the year to serve as interim financing for various projects, taking it out when the amount becomes large enough to make such a deal fiscally sensible. The remainder of the deal will take out portions of the system's Series 1999 bonds.

Reports the selling of the revenue bonds of Dallas Area Rapid Transit in Dallas, Texas. Manager of the negotiation; Proceeds of the bonds sale; Reasons behind the high rating of the bonds.

Reports on a proposed bill in Texas that seeks to eliminate a premium tax deduction that certain types of insurance companies operating in the state have received for investing in Texas paper. Reduction on insurance companies' demand for state and local governments' bond; Decrease on premium tax for property and casualty and title insurance carriers; Industries that pushed the legislation.

Reports on the deal aimed by market in Houston, Texas in fixing out outstanding commercial paper and refunding outstanding bonds for present-value savings. Worth of the general obligation bonds planned to be sold; Terms of the deal; Use of commercial paper as interim financing.

Reports on introduction of water and sewer revenue bond deals in bond market of Texas. Mode of acceptance of the bonds; Rating for revenue bonds; Layout of capital improvement program for water and sewer system.

Reports on the sale of general obligation road refunding bonds by Harris County, Texas. Accounts on bond ratings of the county by the companies Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service; Allocation of the bond sale for refunding outstanding bonds; Continuance of the issuance of commercial paper.

Reports on the delay of the sale of Austin, Texas' water revenue bonds. Structure of the bonds; Uses of the proceeds from the bond issue.

Local government officials in Texas are experiencing the consequences of state laws that prohibit big banks from underwriting municipal bonds for boycotting or discriminating against the fossil fuel or firearm industries. The impact of these laws extends beyond bond underwriting to other functions such as the procurement of letters of credit and investment and depository services. The laws have resulted in a decrease in the number of investment banks operating in Texas, while the state has become the top volume state for debt sold. Some officials have expressed concerns about the potential effects on competition and pricing, while others have raised issues regarding property tax cuts and the potential implementation of a private school voucher program. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the plan of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to issue 825 million dollars worth of bonds in Dallas, Texas. It mentions that the bonds comprise of 100 million dollars worth tax-exempt refunding bonds and 725 million dollars worth of taxable Build America Bonds (BAB) adopted by the DART finance committee. It states that proceeds of the sale will be utilized to refund its outstanding commercial paper (CP) notes and to furnish new money for its capital program.

The article reports on the bond issues sold by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). It has sold 1.4 billion dollars in bonds, including $825 million of taxable Build America Bonds, and increased the size of its commercial paper refinancing. Furthermore, a 733.2 million dollars had planned by NTTA for new projects.

The article reports on the plan of the University of Texas System to issue $680 million of variable-rate revenue bonds swapped to a synthetic fixed-rate in March 2008. It believes that the deal would have a strong appeal due to the triple-A ratings and the ability to provide its own liquidity. It named JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers as senior managers to the deal. Proceeds will help finance $462 million of commercial paper, refund $35 million debt, and finance campus improvements.

The article reports that the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in suburban Houston, Texas will come to market with $274.5 million of unlimited-tax schoolhouse and refunding bonds. The deal includes $249 million of new money and $25.5 million of refunding bonds. The deal also comes in the midst of a $2 billion deluge of PSF-backed school district paper that has flooded Texas during the middle of June 2007.