The project will be located in a Competitive Renewable Energy Zone, or CREZ, geographic areas identified by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas to encourage wind power development and connect them to large cities with high electricity demands via new transmission lines.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to the following Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA) state of Texas general obligation (GO) bonds: $44,870,000 GO refunding bonds, series 2013. The bonds will sell via negotiated sale on or about Dec. 4, 2013.

Coats|Rose lawyers closed one of the first Texas municipal bond financings secured solely by "assessments" collected through a Public Improvement District (PID). PID financing utilizes an annual assessment fixed in amount over 30 years levied only on the lots being served by the improvements.

In the past, state and federal gas taxes largely covered the cost of building and maintaining roads. But the federal gas tax, currently 18.4 cents per gallon, has not changed in 20 years. Meanwhile, people are driving less and vehicles are becoming more fuel efficient.

Proposition Six, which had more than 73 percent of the vote in late returns, would create a state revolving fund capitalized by a $2 billion withdrawal from the state's rainy day account to help finance more than $50 billion in water projects midway through the 21st Century.

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This report is a set of recommendations for economic development policy from a variety of entities working in the field. Read on to find the reports from the Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness, Texas Economic Development, Texas Economic Development Council, Texas Association of Business, and The Perryman Group.

Dallas' many programs to encourage redevelopment are explained here by Sue Hounsel with the City of Dallas Office of Economic Development. Highlights are: business recruitment/retention tools, TIFs and PIDs, bond program funding for economic development, NMTCs, EB-5 program, and a sustainable development grant program.

Tony Smith with S.B. Friedman shares extremely detailed case studies from Texas and Illinois where NMTCs, among other tools, and TIF helped finance community-transcending projects.

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