Southwest

Voters gave three Tulsa, Okla., area school districts authority to issue $487 million of bonds for school construction, including $340 million for the Broken Arrow district.

A bill that reduces Arizona's income tax revenue by $15.4 million in the next fiscal year won state Senate approval despite the state's anticipated $1 billion budget deficit.

A $35.4 million issue of revenue bonds for a private detention center in Central Texas will retain tax-exempt status following a review by the Internal Revenue Service, according to a disclosure notice.

Declaring that "our economic engine continues to gain steam," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for a new structure to lower the state's debt while increasing spending on transportation by $4 billion per year and cutting taxes.

After years of discussion about how to keep the National Western Stock Show complex in Denver, the city is mapping out an $856.4 million plan to redevelop the area north of downtown.

The growing Dallas suburb of Frisco would vote on $268 million of bonds under a proposal that has been sent to the city council for approval.

Photos from The Bond Buyer's Texas Public Finance Conference.

La Marque Independent School District's $23 million of debt is on Standard & Poor's watch list for a downgrade after Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams ordered the district closed.

After 14 years of appointments by ex-Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Transportation Commission will see its first board members named by Perry's successor Gov. Greg Abbott.

Affluent Scottsdale, Ariz., will offer investors $160 million of top-rated general obligation refunding bonds and $117 million of excise-tax revenue bonds that are doubly tax-exempt in the Grand Canyon State.