Richard Williamson

More than four decades after Southwest Airlines landed at Love Field, the Dallas airport is finally unshackled from the Wright Amendment that minimized its rivalry with Dallas-Fort Worth International.

Texas sales tax revenue rose 7.9% in September to $2.17 billion, marking the 54th straight month of increases, but concerns about the oil and gas industry are beginning to emerge.

Conroe Independent School District in the northern suburbs of Houston sees strong demand for $150 million of bonds that include refunding and new money.

With revenues for the past year already running at record levels, Oklahoma revenues surged 8% in September.

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, one of the largest and fastest-growing in Texas, was upgraded by Moody's Investors Service as it headed to market with $463 million of new money and refunding bonds.

Colorado's Public Finance Associates will become part of Minnesota-based Ehlers Companies in the wake of new regulations that could prove challenging for smaller firms.

While few high school students are aware of how their schools were financed, a select group at Sidney Lanier High School in San Antonio took up an invitation to watch a bond pricing first-hand.

The high-plains city of Lubbock, Texas, won't ask voters to approve $134 million of bonds, as a majority of the city council agreed that the timing was wrong.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced settlement of an investigation of anticompetitive activities involving underwriting fees paid by municipal utility districts in the Houston area.

Arkansas' budget shortfall grew in September as revenues fell nearly $10 million below the official fiscal year forecast.

Kansas revenues are running 1.7% below projections in the first three months of the fiscal year after falling 4% below budget in September, officials said.

Moody's Investors Service has shifted the outlook on its A3 rating of Glendale, Ariz., to stable from negative, citing continued improvement and solid liquidity.

Texas Democratic governor candidate Wendy Davis accuses Republican opponent Greg Abbott of covering up misuse of the Texas Enterprise Fund as attorney general.

As other Arizona cities took on long-term debt for professional sports facilities, the Phoenix suburb of Chandler gave Major League Baseball its walking papers and pursued more promising ventures. Spring training left but prosperity followed.

Oklahoma plans to use proceeds of this week's $67 million sale of lease-revenue bonds for two state universities and a community college.

The Marana Unified School District near Tucson will ask voters for $125 million of bond authority in the Nov. 4 election for an array of projects.

The Texas Enterprise Fund administered by recently indicted Gov. Rick Perry provided $222 million to companies and organizations that never applied for the money or promised to create jobs, a state audit finds.

Colorado State University has fallen short of the $110 million of donations required for building a new football stadium, according to CSU president Tony Frank.

The University of North Texas should have known that it was receiving excessive reimbursement from the state and should repay at least $75.6 million over 10 years, according to a state audit.

Citing weak debt coverage, Standard & Poor's downgraded Arizona Health Network's revenue bonds to BBB from BBB-plus and retained a negative outlook.