Southwest

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.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

The action was taken ahead of a bond sale for a controversial 15-year expansion program that is currently estimated to cost $8.2 billion up from $5 billion.

A circuit court judge earlier this year struck down the law prohibiting state and local government contracts with firms "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

The session, which begins Jan. 14 with a more-conservative Republican majority, could bring additional anti-ESG and DEI legislation.

After lowering the city's issuer rating a notch to A1, the rating agency warned of a possible further downgrade or withdrawal of the rating.

The use of extendable commercial paper, a first by an airport, provided DFW interim financing for its capital program without the need for bank liquidity.

Debt issuance and public-private partnerships could be in the financing mix for projects considered by the Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority.

The low-rated, Phoenix-based university turned to a public debt sale after refinancing maturing outstanding bonds with bridge loans.

The deal, which marks the city's largest special facilities revenue bond issuance, will help finance a terminal project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.