Richard Williamson

DALLAS — Texas would need $315 billion in additional revenue to keep up with growing demand for roads and maintenance of existing infrastructure through 2030, but sources of revenue are drying up rapidly, according to the latest reports.

DALLAS — A political fundraising scandal, including efforts to influence construction of the bond-financed University of Phoenix National Football League stadium, could cost Arizona’s Fiesta Bowl its nonprofit status and its ranking as one of the top four collegiate Bowl Championship Series games, according to an investigative report.

DALLAS — In an unusually lean market for tax-exempt debt, the San Antonio Independent School District will provide about $100 million of refunding bonds in a deal that ranks as one of the largest from Texas this year.

DALLAS — The North Central Texas Council of Governments is considering funding for a proposed $1.4 billion commuter rail line from southwest Fort Worth to the north Dallas suburb of Plano.

DALLAS — Plans to add two reactors to the South Texas Project nuclear power plant near Houston became more doubtful this week as San Antonio’s public utility halted all discussions about buying power and the developer announced the project was on hold.

DALLAS — Amid a $500 million remodeling project, Dallas Love Field Airport won a two notch upgrade from Standard & Poor’s Wednesday, rising to A with a stable outlook from BBB-plus.

DALLAS — In what will likely be the largest deal in Texas so far this year, the North Texas Tollway Authority is preparing to issue $1.3 billion for the western extension of its President George Bush Turnpike.

DALLAS — More than three years after voters approved a bitterly contested split from Utah’s largest school district, the Canyons School District is preparing to issue its first bonds under its new name.

DALLAS — The Arizona budget bill passed by the Senate on Wednesday calls for $1.3 billion in cuts to avoid borrowing and sharply reduces funding for education.

DALLAS — State and local governments face their toughest fiscal year since the recession began in 2007, with political polarization and limited market access adding substantial risk, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

DALLAS — Glendale, Ariz.’s plan to sell $100 million of revenue bonds to finance the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team to Chicago investor Matthew Hulsizer appeared to be on hold after the Goldwater Institute confirmed plans to challenge the deal in court.

DALLAS — Glendale, Ariz.’s plan to sell $100 million of revenue bonds to finance the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team to Chicago investor Matthew Hulsizer looks like it will remain on hold after the Goldwater Institute confirmed plans to challenge the deal in court.

DALLAS — As the hub of the largest cotton-growing region in the world, Lubbock, Texas, depends on groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast underground reservoir covering parts of eight states in the Great Plains.

DALLAS — Despite Republican leaders’ efforts to downplay the record budget shortfall facing Texas, the state’s funding gap is one of the worst in the nation, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

DALLAS — Colorado’s Regional Transportation District is putting off a decision on whether to ask voters for a sales tax increase to complete the $6.7 billion FasTracks rail plan by 2017.

DALLAS — With time working against it, Glendale, Ariz., is seeking a solution to the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team that might involve a bond issue smaller than the $100 million originally planned.

DALLAS — Texas transportation planning has shifted to the slow lane as state legislators seek record spending cuts and prepare to rewrite the law governing the Texas Transportation Commission.

Michael Vaccari, deputy practice group leader at Nixon Peabody, has been promoted to practice group leader, replacing Arthur McMahon, the New York law firm said.

DALLAS — Colorado’s Regional Transportation District should shelve plans to for a tax-hike referendum this year or risk rejection of additional funds to complete the FasTracks rail projects by 2017, according to an advisory group.

DALLAS — As Colorado’s legislature seeks cuts to balance the budget amid falling revenue, Sen. Rollie Heath is proposing a temporary $1.6 billion tax hike to reduce the impact on public schools.