Richard Williamson

DALLAS - Austin's plan to introduce commuter rail service to its northern suburbs is running nearly two years behind schedule, as the $105 million Capital MetroRail remains sidelined by technical snags.

DALLAS - The two major water suppliers in the Dallas-Fort Worth region will team up to build a $1.9 billion pipeline from East Texas under a plan to survive drought over the next decade.

DALLAS - A year after issuing a record $5.3 billion of debt, the North Texas Tollway Authority is preparing a $343 million bond package that will tie up loose ends from its flurry of financing in 2008.

DALLAS - Amid the deepest budget cuts since the Great Depression, the once-booming cities of the Southwest are bracing for an extended period of austerity as they seek to retain their strong credit ratings.

DALLAS - Now that the Dallas Cowboys have launched their first season in their new $1.2 billion stadium in Arlington, the city of Irving is preparing to implode the team's old home - Texas Stadium - and use the site to stage a massive freeway reconstruction effort.

DALLAS - With revenues falling and costs rising, the Regional Transportation District of metropolitan Denver is developing a backup plan for its FasTracks transit program in the event voters refuse to raise more sales taxes to complete all the projects.

DALLAS — Arizona’s Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District is preparing to sell $325 million of electric revenue bonds by the end of the month to refund all but $50 million of the utility’s commercial paper.

DALLAS — With Arizona’s double-A rating on negative outlook from two rating agencies, Treasurer Dean Martin is again warning that failure to fix a $1 billion budget deficit will continue to raise the cost of doing business.