Utah

The $247.75 million of unrated tax-exempt bonds will finance public infrastructure and projects for an initial development on state-owned land.

The Uinta Basin Railway's request for $2.4 billion of PABs comes as the U.S. Transportation Department is almost at its $30 billion debt cap.

The Delta Center hockey and basketball venue will be renovated with proceeds from the $900 million Downtown Revitalization Public Infrastructure District deal.

The high court reversed a lower-court ruling that yanked federal approval for the Uinta Basin Railway; backers hope to finance it with private activity bonds.

The district was created to finance the redevelopment of the Delta Center, home to professional basketball and hockey, as well as other downtown projects.

Alpine School District, which will be split into three systems, wants to sell up to $238 million of lease revenue bonds to finance school construction.

Bond-issuing infrastructure districts and development zones were a focus of legislation passed by Utah lawmakers during a session that ended March 7.

The Lone Star state, the nation's largest exporter of goods, could be hit economically by a tariff war, particularly with Mexico, its biggest trading partner.

Texas, Oklahoma, and other Southwest states would jump on the bitcoin bandwagon amid a nationwide surge in bills to invest public money in cryptocurrencies.

While Texas is forecasting a big budget balance, fiscal boom times are ebbing for it and other Southwest states amid tax cuts and depleted federal funding.