Southwest

Dallas City Council members appear to have finally found a way to agree on the contents of an $800 November million bond package: spending another $225 million.

A sales tax plan to pump money into public safety and street repairs is headed to voters.

Financial advisers for the city of Pine Bluff, Ark., on Monday re-sold bonds originally issued in 2011 in a move expected to save nearly $1 million over the life of the city's bond payments.

POTTSBORO, Texas -- While the board of trustees for the Pottsboro Independent School District continued discussions on the multimillion-dollar bond package Monday night, a final figure for the package remains under consideration.

Texas lawmakers did well on transportation spending but less so on Medicaid funding, according to S&P.

A Katy ISD, Texas, committee has finished crafting a bond referendum proposal worth about $609.2 million that will soon be presented to the district's board of trustees to be approved for a place on the ballot of November's elections.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Las Cruces city councilors on Monday turned down a proposal to send a three-project, $10 million package of General Obligation bonds to voters in a November election.

The Austin, Texas, school board early Tuesday morning approved 40 bond projects totaling $990 million, but delayed the actual vote for calling for a November bond election until next week.

Utah will competitively price $150 million of GO bonds with across the board triple-A ratings.

Pine Bluff, Ark., officials on Friday listened to a presentation to restructure bonds to fund construction of an aquatic center and downtown street improvements.