Southwest

El Paso will issue an extra $15.5 million in debt to build the second phase of the East Side sports complex, which officials said will be paid back by future property owners in the area without impacting the overall city tax rate.

A new school for third- through fifth-graders would be built if Perkins-Tryon Public Schools voters approve two bonds totaling $16.5 million next February.

Houston alerted investors to a last-minute lawsuit questioning the legality of the election process as the city priced $1 billion of voter-approved bonds.

Lubbock's City Council voted Monday to finance a $60 million public safety improvements project starting as soon as this fiscal year.

Phillips County will get a new jail and law enforcement facility.

Colorado and its private partners on redevelopment of a 10-mile section of Interstate 70 are in the market with $116.9 million of PABs.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. hired James Terry to manage the growing demand for public school financing in Texas, the firm said.

The structure the airport used combines the advantages of a bond issue with those of a private bank loan, an official said.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is putting lawmakers to work the week before Christmas in hopes of delivering a balanced budget by the end of the year.

The municipal bond market will see a second week of chunky new issuance, with almost $20 billion of new deals lining up for sale.