Utah

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.

Fieldman, Rolapp & Co. has acquired Orem, Utah-based municipal advisor G.L. Hicks, a healthcare finance specialist.

Wish lists for new or improved professional sports venues are piling up with Oklahoma City poised to vet financing proposals for a downtown basketball arena.

Voters in November approved measures to split the Alpine School District, which has more than $500 million of outstanding bonds, into three systems.

Justices appeared open to narrowing the scope of federal environmental impact reviews during oral arguments on a bond-financed Utah railway to move crude oil.

Issuers in Southwest states led by Texas are hoping voters will approve billions of dollars of bonds in Tuesday's election.

Intermountain Power Agency's bond sale comes after Utah lawmakers tweaked a state law to address concerns about its impact on the agency's outstanding debt.

Votes on Amendment A, which would have allowed excess income tax revenue earmarked for public education to flow into the state budget, will not be counted.

The city council unanimously passed a deal that could lead to the issuance of up to $900 million of bonds and a sales tax hike to pay off the debt.

Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.

Litigation filed by environmental groups aims to reverse actions taken by the agency's board since it was restructured by the state legislature in 2022.

Amendment A on the Nov. 5 ballot would allow the state government to tap revenue currently earmarked for public education for other purposes.

The Investment Company Institute reported more than $1.3 billion of inflows into muni mutual funds. The last time inflows topped $1 billion, per ICI data, was for the week ending Feb. 7. LSEG Lipper has reported weeks with $1 billion plus inflows on July 31 and May 8.

Salt Lake City School District is seeking $730 million of bonds and Salt Lake County is asking for $507 million of bonds at the Nov. 5 general election.

A 2023 U.S. Appeals Court ruling derailed federal approvals for the Uinta Basin Railway, which plans to seek up to $2 billion in private-activity bonds.

Legislation passed by Utah lawmakers during a special session addresses concerns from the Intermountain Power Agency about a new law to keep a coal-fired power plant operating.