Southwest

A request for state Supreme Court validation on $420 million of toll revenue bonds has sidelined the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority deal as rates rose in post-election investor uncertainty.

Texas lawmakers created a local pension system that was "designed to fail," but Dallas is bearing the consequences of billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, said Mayor Mike Rawlings.

Maricopa County, Ariz.'s plan to sell bond-financed Chase Field appears dead after the real estate company that had expressed interest in the deal said it is no longer interested.

Concerned about the muni market’s ability to absorb a flood of tax-exempt AMT bonds from U.S. airports, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport may turn to taxable debt.

A banker who serves on issuer charitable groups and donates to them raises conflict of interest questions.

The law firm Greenberg Traurig has added former Houston Controller Ronald Green to its Houston practice as a shareholder specializing in public finance and government affairs.

The Colorado Department of Transportation will study a method of charging motorists by the mile to replace the state’s fuel tax. The four-month study begins in December.

Denver International Airport officials hope to land about $44 million of savings on a $250 million refunding issue this week. In its 21st year, DIA is rapidly paying down the debt used to build the nation's sixth busiest airport.

Two weeks after New Mexico lost its triple-A rating from Moody's Investors Service, New Mexico took a one notch downgrade from S&P Global Ratings to AA with the outlook remaining negative.

A $500 million bond issue for a new Major League Baseball stadium in Arlington, Texas, a $720 million transportation issue in Austin and a record amount of school bonds in Colorado were among the winners in Tuesday’s elections in the Southwest.