Southwest

Denver voters decide this week if they will extend taxes to help fund expansion of the downtown convention center and to upgrade the National Western Stock Show complex.

A three part series examining Arkansas' road to default, the state's efforts to resolve the crisis, and the similarities and differences with Puerto Rico today.

Investment banking firm Rice Financial Products Co. has hired seven people to bolster its sales and trading operations and expand its footprint in California, Illinois, Texas and New York.

San Antonio’s CPS Energy, one of the nation’s largest public power utilities, plans to price about $435 million of bonds in its only new money deal of the year.

First Southwest Co., the top financial advisor in the Southwest region, expects to be fully combined with the former Southwest Securities under the name Hilltop Securities by January.

An upgrade from Standard & Poor’s and a triple-A guarantee from the Texas Permanent School Fund will enhance the appeal of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District’s $344 million of general obligation bonds.

Economic study says privately financed Texas bullet train could generate billions of tax dollars for state and local governments.

With its first $810 million bond issue for a new water development program known as SWIFT, the Texas Water Development Board expects to save local utilities more than $106 million in borrowing cost.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar lowered estimates for the state’s revenue over the next two years by about 2.3%, citing a slowdown in the state’s oil and gas economy.

The success of a $4.6 million social impact bond in Utah shows that the relatively new form of financing solutions to social problems can work, according to Goldman Sachs and other stakeholders.