Jim Watts

Cuts in state income tax would hurt working people, says Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross.

A New Orleans levee district suing oil companies for billions of dollars in coastal damages offered to suspend the suit if the state proposes an alternative compensation plan.

Denton Independent School District, Texas will ask voters for $312 million of bonds in November.

Louisiana State Bond Commission wants to look at its options for a planned state GO refunding later this year, including private placement.

Oklahoma City Airport Trust will fund a new rental car facility at Will Rogers World Airport with $50 million of taxable revenue bonds.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin halts a probe into Grand River Dam Authority after agency officials told her it could endanger its bond ratings.

Fort Worth Independent School District needs at least $585 million of GO bonds to meet essential needs, trustees told.

Dallas suburb of Frisco will provide $115 million of public financing for a Dallas Cowboys training complex and domed football stadium the school district will use.

The Dallas suburb of Frisco plans to issue sales tax bonds to fund a new practice facility and headquarters for the Dallas Cowboys football team that will also be a domed stadium for high school sports.

Austin, Texas voters will be decide in November if they will authorize $65 million of bonds for affordable housing after rejecting a similar $78.3 million proposal in 2012.

Issuers struggled with an unsettled interest rate environment in the first half of 2013, as new debt matched refunding sales over the six month period.

Options for a November affordable housing bond referendum in Austin, Texas range up to $65 million without a tax hike.

Environmentalists urge Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to back a lawsuit seeking damages from oil and gas operations.

Tucson City Council will decide on a temporary hospital tax as a match for federal reimbursement of uninsured patient care.

Oklahoma state revenues hit an all-time 12-month high of $11.3 billion last month after bottoming out in February 2010.

The federal government will finance rebuilding the blast-damaged schools and streets in West, Texas in a reversal of an earlier ruling.

Local government funding in Oklahoma will take a $60 million revenue cut from a new statewide property tax exemption.

A political action committee headed by two Texas legislative leaders will promote passage of a constitutional amendment setting up a $2 billion water infrastructure bond bank.

El Paso City Council raised the interest limit on $61 million of bonds for a downtown ballpark to increase their marketability.

Frisco Independent School District plans for a May 2014 bond vote to build nine new schools in the fast-growing north Dallas suburb.