Southwest

In the biggest month of the year for revenue, Arkansas reported a 6.4% increase compared to the same month last year, with fiscal year income 3.9% above forecast.

With its triple-A ratings solidly intact, Utah claimed $16 million of interest savings on two issues worth $220 million that priced competitively last month, officials said.

Texas lawmakers are making another attempt to put limits on or bar capital appreciation bonds as their 2015 session enters its final month.

Competing with Texas for the right to store high-level radioactive waste from other states, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says her state deserves top consideration.

A sentencing recommendation of 15 years in prison for former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner prompts an objection from her lawyer.

Austin Energy, one of the 10 largest public utilities in the nation, will offer the market $435 million of bonds backed by system revenues as it keeps seeking environmentally friendly power sources.

After winning final passage in the Colorado House, a bill providing nearly $10 billion of pension bonds for the state retirement system must clear the Senate in two days.

Texas Rep. Joe Pickett’s bill that could provide more than $3 billion in general sales tax revenue to non-tolled highways won approval in the House.

Kansas revenues fell $4.4 million below expectations in April, the state Department of Revenue reported as state lawmakers returned to Topeka to complete the budget for the coming fiscal year.

Pension obligation bonds are land mines municipal issuers should avoid, according to Janney Capital Markets.