Richard Williamson

Developers of a proposed 250-room hotel adjoining a state-owned casino and speedway in Kansas City, Kan., win a 90-day delay to break ground.

Utah must adjust to a growing population, environmental threats and the need to improve education while attracting new business, Gov. Gary Herbert told lawmakers.

Westin Hotels & Resorts will operate a $90 million partly bond-finaned hotel that will adjoin a new convention and entertainment center in Irving, Texas.

Despite an improving economy, the city of Phoenix is still facing budget deficits.

Nearly $620 million of tax-exempt debt for a $2.3 billion Texas water pipeline is drawing a crowd in the tax-exempt market.

Nearly $1 billion of notes and bonds to be priced and placed soon will keep the Grand Parkway toll loop growing around the Houston metro area.

Travis County, Texas, will not call a vote on $300 million of bonds for a new courthouse until next year.

Arizona public schools say the state owes them $330 million in state funding withheld during the economic downturn.

Houston is seeking to overturn a Texas law that limits its right to negotiate limits on firefighter pension contributions.

The Kansas Jayhawks basketball team will get a $17.5 million apartment building funded by donations and revenue bonds.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is calling for increased spending on water projects in the drought-stricken state.

Kansas lawmakers are considering Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed increases in spending for the next two fiscal years.

State District Judge John Dietz reopened testimony on Texas school funding Tuesday, nearly a year after his ruling that the state's formula was unconstitutional.

The finance team for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had to outwit the airlines and bypass the public to get the project, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, off the ground.

Fast-growing Frisco Independent School District in suburban Dallas may ask voters to approve $758 million of bonds to build new schools.

Fort Worth Independent School District issued the first $123 million from a $490 million bond authorization approved by voters last November.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe proposes increased spending for education and prisons under a $5 billion budget.

Gov. Jan Brewer called on the Arizona Legislature to create a fund to help keep military bases in the state off of a potential closure list.

The Phoenix area will see its light rail system grow with this week's $115 million of sales tax-backed bonds.

Seeking to avoid debt wherever possible, state lawmakers are searching high and low for money to repair their aging capitols in the wake of recession.