Southwest

Plans to build a $362 million Kansas prison as a public-private partnership are in doubt as lawmakers question the financial benefits.

Under a new approach to keep up with an aging road system, New Mexico voters could get the opportunity this fall to decide whether to use state bonds to pay for highway projects.

Santa Fe Community College leaders are hoping taxpayers will vote for a $17 million bond that will allow the college to build a new auto repair facility, renovate the campus fitness center and upgrade the school's technological systems.

Former S&P Global Ratings analyst Richard Packard will succeed Black in Fitch's Austin office.

Two former Texas school finance administrators, Oscar Cardenas and Steve Murray, joined Baird's public finance team.

In a small room at Little Walnut Creek Branch Library in North Austin, about a dozen community members sat face-to-face with the group of Austin residents tasked with an influential role in how hundreds of millions of tax dollars might be spent.

State agencies and universities are expected to generate 26% less bond volume this fiscal year, according to the Texas Bond Review Board.

The public finance banking team is led by veteran banker Jack Holland.

Santa Fe Public Schools is launching a campaign to win voter approval for the renewal of a 2-mill property tax levy to pay for things the average person often doesn't see in schools.

Kansas schools need a $600 million infusion of additional revenue to resolve a state Supreme Court case, said Gov. Sam Brownback.