Arizona

Refundings rebounded in the first half of 2019, but total bond volume across the Southwest fell to a six-year low.

With an $11.8 billion budget that nearly doubles that of a decade ago, Arizona rebuilds its balance sheet while boosting pay for teachers and state employees.

A city called the "double black diamond" of car driving is at the epicenter for autonomous-vehicle testing.

Utilities serving 40 million people and 5 million acres of irrigated farm land agreed to a federal plan to keep water flowing amid a two-decade drought.

After building a client base among Arizona cities and taxing districts at Gust Rosenfeld, Zachary Sakas is looking for new opportunities at Sherman & Howard.

The pinch comes from shrinking enrollment, rising tuition, falling state support and new barriers to international students.

The fate of three coal-fired power plants located either in or near the Navajo Nation is murky as utilities seek cheaper, cleaner generation.

The region's municipal bond industry insiders saw a silver lining in a 21% increase for new money volume.

State and local governments are keeping tourist attractions like the Grand Canyon open.

In the absence of advance refunding, Arizona plans to lock in rates by pricing $250.7 million of lottery refunding bonds that will not be delivered until next October.

The Federal Transit Administration has not yet awarded $760 million of the $2.62 billion Congress set aside for transit grants in fiscal 2018 almost two months after the end of the budget year.

School vouchers in Arizona and bond measures in Colorado are among the fiscal ballot measures Southwest voters will decide Tuesday.

The median net pension liability in the nation’s 15 largest cities jumped 16% on a per capita basis in fiscal 2017, S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

Arizona's share of students enrolled in charter schools is second in the nation.

Bond volume in the region fell sharply in the first half of 2018, though one expert saw the 16% drop as better than anticipated.

Driverless cars raise questions about how California and its cities should solve transportation infrastructure problems.

Tax accountants, financial advisors, private schools, and other organizations are advertising tax credits for donating to private K-12 voucher funds as ways to "sidestep," "bypass," "circumvent," or "mitigate" the impact of the federal SALT deduction cap, according to a survey.

Pima County roads could be in for a $430 million tune-up under a five-year bond program that will go before voters this fall.

Chances that the 42-year-old Navajo Generating Station could survive beyond 2019 have improved with President Trump's plan to subsidize coal.

The Tucson City Council signaled its plans Tuesday to put a $225 million bond measure on the November ballot designed to revitalize city parks.