Richard Williamson

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems issued nearly $92 million of revenue bonds for its Horse Butte Wind Project, one of 47 wind energy producing sites recently built or planned in Idaho.

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld an appeals court ruling that allows voters in Glendale the opportunity to repeal the city's recent sales tax increase.

While Texas' economy continues to outperform the nation's its government has failed when it comes to fixing structural problems with the budget, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's.

Faced with a $14.8 million deficit to operate its six golf courses, Phoenix is considering selling or closing the public links, citing the sport's declining popularity amid growing competition.

With water supplies rapidly dwindling, Midland, Texas, is issuing $200 million of debt to build a 60-mile pipeline in less than 10 months.

San Antonio, plans to issue $1.1 billion of debt through 2016 to finance improvements and expansion of its water and sewer system as drought adds urgency to the city's conservation efforts.

Amid protests and falling incarceration rates, Arizona plans to name the winning bid for a private prison Friday. The state will pay a 9.5% premium to go the for-profit route, according to one study.

Texas will sell $155 million of general obligation bonds for water projects on Sept. 11 as the Internal Revenue Service conducts a routine audit of a 2002 deal.

Denver Public Schools will test voters' debt tolerance in the general election with a $466 million bond proposal. The district also will seek a $49 million operating tax increase.

A new 330-acre district designed to raise revenue for a $300 million renovation of Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium is facing some resistance as the college town and Phoenix suburb of Tempe recovers from recession.

While state debt per capita is lower in Texas than most, local government debt runs higher than that of other states by a large margin amid growing demand for infrastructure, state comptroller Susan Combs said.

Texas cities, counties and schools are placing nearly $4 billion of bonds on the November ballot that will decide the presidential and statewide elections. Voters' moods are a concern.

Texas will issue $9.8 billion of tax and revenue anticipation notes to smooth cash flows for schools as the economy recovers. The note offering is 4.9% less than the prior year's, but still the state's second largest.

Rapid growth of wind farms in sparsely populated West Texas is a mixed blessing for school districts that have become "property wealthy" under the state's education funding formula, according to a report from Standard & Poor's.

Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport begins a series of refundings that is expected to total nearly $1 billion, following a successful new-money AMT deal.

Voters will consider the largest school bond issues in Texas history after the Houston Independent School District board of trustees agreed to place $1.9 billion on the November ballot.

The New Mexico Finance Authority board held another emergency meeting Thursday after its chief operating officer and former controller were arrested in connection with a fake audit that brought agency debt issuance to a halt.

The YMCA of Greater Houston is in danger of losing its investment-grade rating from Moody's Investors Service due to terms in a letter of credit from Bank of America, analysts said.

Travis County, Tex., should issue certificates of obligation to finance its share of a $343 million courthouse in Austin under a public-private partnership, according to a committee appointed to study the matter.

Amid one of the largest redevelopment projects in its history, Fort Worth, Tex., will go to market with $257 million of debt for new money and refunding as the city's economy steadily improves.