Arkansas

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

A state authority priced $487 million of debt on behalf of Big River Steel, for a project to double the mill's capacity.

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

With more than $3 billion of bond-financed stadium expansions recently completed or on the boards, college football programs are struggling to fill the seats.

The Conway City Council approved employee bonuses, equipment purchases and hospital improvement bonds on Tuesday.

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

The report found that 61% of the 341 finance officers who participated in the survey anticipate negative future impacts on their city's financial health from the termination of advance refundings, while 35% said they already have seen negative impacts.

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

Arkansas sees an economic payoff for its $125 million of general obligation bonds that helped it land a $1.1 billion steel mill on the banks of the Mississippi River.

The Walton Family Foundation provided seed funds to create two “innovative” financing vehicles for charter school facilities.