Richard Williamson

Colorado Springs next week plans to price about $130 million of revenue bonds for a 50-mile water pipeline and refunding outstanding debt.

A growing number of Texas school districts are hitting their cap on the tax rate for operations and maintenance costs, which Moody's Investors Services views as a negative credit factor.

Texas received an historic low interest rate of 0.201% on its Aug. 27 sale to tax and revenue anticipation notes, state comptroller Susan Combs said.

For the first time, Arizona will issue $200 million of short-term notes to repay federal loans for its unemployment insurance fund.

Bonds for Willacy County’s $7 million jail in the town of Raymondville are among several being audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

Ratings on Gallup, N.M., have been suspended after an outside auditor issued no opinion on the city's finances.

Texas A&M University System is preparing to issue $353 million of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds for the most costly college stadium renovation in U.S. history.

Hoteliers opposing subsidies for a Gaylord hotel and conference center near Denver International Airport saw their petition drive halted by Colorado's attorney general.

An outside audit of Glendale, Ariz., revealed that city officials may have violated state law in hiding the costs of an early retirement.

Salt Lake City’s recently dedicated Public Safety Building – built with $125 million of general obligation bonds – is one of the largest public buildings in the nation to generate as much energy as it uses.

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCrum has been named special prosecutor to lead an investigation of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Weber County's backstop of a $17.6 million 'dirt bond' deal for a mountain resort resulted in a rating of AA-minus from Standard & Poor's.

A special prosecutor is expected to be named next week to investigate whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry violated state law by threatening to veto funding for an ethics enforcement unit.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport moved pricing on its latest bond sale ahead by one day.

The Arizona attorney general's office is looking into fund transfers and open meetings issues regarding the recent sale of the Phoenix Coyotes National Hockey League team.

Texas is preparing to issue $7.2 billion of tax and revenue anticipation notes to cover cash flows to school districts for the new fiscal year beginning Sept. 1.

Dallas County's Parkland Hospital will not lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding after a second evaluation found the charity hospital in compliance with federal standards.

A $220 million plan to preserve the abandoned Houston Astrodome will go to voters if Harris County Commissioners approve the proposal on Tuesday.

A petition drive to raise about $1 billion per year for education through higher income taxes arrived at the Colorado Secretary of State's office Monday with nearly twice the number of required signatures.

A lawsuit by a spurned developer of a proposed $165 million entertainment center adjoining Irving, Texas', new convention center has been settled, clearing the way for a plan to resurrect the project.