Richard Williamson

Weber County, Utah, will price $39.4 million of general obligation refunding bonds in a competitive sale Dec. 5.

The debt portfolio of a Houston redevelopment authority will be restructured through a $33.5 million sale of tax-increment revenue bonds.

Manhattan, Kan., home of Kansas State University, will have about $145 million of general obligation debt outstanding after it issues $21 million of bonds and notes in a competitive sale Tuesday.

Texas voters' approval of a $2 billion state fund for water projects across the state is a positive credit factor for local utilities, Moody's Investors Service said in a Friday report.

The Las Cruces School District has a brighter outlook on its Aa2 rating from Moody's Investors Service as it prepares to issue $10 million of general obligation bonds.

The University of Texas Regents approved $265.5 million of bonds backed by the state's Permanent University Fund.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Oklahoma Water Resources Board's state loan program revenue bonds to AAA from AA-plus based on a higher general obligation pledge.

Tempe, Ariz., has allocated $40.8 million to build the nation’s largest steel dam on Town Lake three years after the original inflatable rubber version collapsed and released nearly a billion gallons of water downstream.

A lawsuit has halted delivery of $33 million of bonds for San Antonio's VIA Advanced Transportation District that priced Oct. 17.

Voters in Tulsa, Okla., approved a record $918.7 million bond package by wide margins Tuesday.

Texas A&M University System will price $210 million of top-rated bonds backed by the state's Permanent University Funds in a competitive sale Wednesday.

An FBI fraud investigation of the Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority in western Colorado could have a long-term impact on the airport’s credit, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Before 67% of voters in Utah's Jordan School District defeated the largest school bond proposal in the state's history on Nov. 5, district officials and those from the city of Bluffdale exchanged angry letters over alleged use of public money during the campaign.

Standard & Poor's on Friday raised its rating on general obligation debt for Coffeyville, Kan., one notch to A-plus from A based on revised local GO criteria.

A week after voters elsewhere in the country decided billions of dollars worth of bond issues, those in Tulsa will decide whether to issue a record $918.7 million on Tuesday.

Texas voters approved about 75% of the bond proposals on the Nov. 5 ballot, representing $3.92 billion of new money for cities, counties, schools and other special districts, results show.

The Texas Department of Transportation is again considering tolling the Interstate 35 freeway in Austin and lifting tolls on a troubled tollway skirting the city's eastern edge.

Wichita City Council voted to issue $40 million in sales tax and revenue bonds for a development that will combine a sporting goods store with athletic facilities and lodging.

Dallas is considering a $300 million expansion of its downtown convention center after strong gains in bookings with the addition of a bond-financed hotel.

With funds in the federal Highway Trust Fund dwindling, Oklahoma is slowing highway construction amid continuing uncertainty.