Southwest

Integris Health Group received more than $1 billion of orders for $200 million of refunding bonds issued through the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, producing savings of 5.8%.

Issuers in Colorado and Nevada separately disclosed this week that the Internal Revenue Service is conducting routine audits of bonds they issued in 2006.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named Tyron Lewis chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, the state's largest issuer of debt, replacing Ted Houghton.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has cancelled a contract with the operator of a private detention facility in Raymondville, Texas, that was closed after an inmate revolt.

With the reactivation of ancient fault lines by seismic activity over the past five years, Oklahoma now faces the risk of a major earthquake in areas of the state where oil and gas is produced by hydraulic fracturing of tight shale formations, according to a new report by geological researchers.

Corpus Christi, Texas, will price $141 million of fixed and variable-rate bonds for its Mary Rhodes Pipeline project with the benefit of a one-notch upgrade from Standard & Poor's.

Colorado State University will raise $252 million to build a football stadium on its Fort Collins campus through a series of taxable and tax-exempt bonds.

Plans to build a $5 billion liquefied natural gas export plant at the Port of Brownsville will have a negative impact on Exelon Generation Co.'s Baa2 credit, according to Moody's Investors Service.

New Mexico state Auditor Tim Keller has identified $4.5 billion of unspent funds in the accounts of state agencies, but lawmakers say the money is not available for appropriations in the coming fiscal year.

The Arizona Department of Transportation can begin acquiring right-of-way for the 22-mile-long Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway after the Federal Highway Administration issued its record of decision approving the project.