Richard Williamson

DALLAS — When financial markets were collapsing in 2008, the North Texas Tollway Authority faced the challenge of raising $3.2 billion to pay for its most ambitious project, the State Highway 121 toll road connecting the far northern Dallas suburbs to the NTTA's existing system.

DALLAS — Voters across Texas approved most of the $1.8 billion of bond issues on local ballots Saturday, led by San Antonio's $596 million offering.

A bond-financed radioactive waste dump in Andrews County, Texas, must submit to an environmental hearing before it can begin operations, a state district judge in Austin has ruled.

DALLAS — RBC Capital Markets will remain financial advisor for the North Texas Tollway Authority, and First Southwest Co. will be added under a selection process scheduled to be approved next week.

DALLAS — Two major airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, are trying to sway public opinion in a showdown between two Houston airports that resembles a recent fight in Dallas.

DALLAS — After years of struggle, Arizona's governor and Legislature have easily completed the $8.6 billion budget in the state’s 100th year, setting aside $450 million for a rainy day while continuing to build schools and prisons.

DALLAS — Bearing a healthy prognosis from rating agencies, Children's Medical Center of Dallas will look for interest-rate savings with a $164.5 million refunding.

DALLAS — The Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Ariz., faces another potential hit to its professional sports fortunes as the Arizona Cardinals and the Arizona Sports Tourism Authority are demanding $66.7 million to compensate for stadium parking spaces lost to an outlet mall.

DALLAS — Fulbright & Jaworski public finance attorney Adrian Patrick Patterson has moved to Andrews Kurth as partner in the Houston office, the law firm said.

DALLAS — As neighboring states seek ways to reduce prison costs, Arizona plans to continue to build public and private cells under an $8.5 billion budget headed for final legislative approval in Phoenix.

DALLAS — Aiming to recover some ground lost to the recession, the Arizona Sports Tourism Authority will shed variable-rate bonds and seek savings with a $177 million refunding of debt issued to finance the University of Phoenix Stadium.

DALLAS — Colorado's Regional Transportation District will not seek voter approval of a sales tax increase in November that would allow completion of the FasTracks rail and bus system on its current schedule.

DALLAS — Seeking to take advantage of historically low interest rates on the long and short end of the market, Houston brought $371 million of refunding bonds to market Tuesday through a syndicate led by Jefferies & Co.

DALLAS — As its largest tenant faces an uncertain future, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans a mix of refunding and new-money debt for this week and late May.

DALLAS — Colorado lawmakers expect to have an easy time of resolving differences between House and Senate versions of the $19 billion budget after both chambers passed the spending plan with surprisingly strong bipartisan support.

Standard & Poor’s Monday raised the senior-lien rating on Los Angeles wastewater revenue bonds to AA-plus from AA, and the subordinate-lien rating to AA from AA-minus, in advance of a $360 million refunding.

Colorado Springs Utilities System was on review for a possible downgrade of its Moody's Investors Service rating of Aa2 Tuesday as the city prepared to issue $106 million of revenue refunding bonds.

DALLAS — The Houston Airport System's plan for a $100 million expansion of William P. Hobby Airport hit some turbulence this week as City Council members expressed opposition to a study backing the move on behalf of Southwest Airlines.

DALLAS — Albuquerque took its lofty credit ratings to market Monday in a competitive deal to raise $78.8 million for projects in New Mexico’s largest city.

DALLAS — A $19 billion budget that cuts spending for prisons and provides $98.5 million of property tax relief for senior citizens goes to the Colorado Senate after winning approval in the House on Thursday.