Southwest

Arkansas collected $482.8 million in tax revenue for the month of December, which was 2.3% higher than the same month last year and 4.2% above the forecast, officials said.

The San Antonio-based Frost Bank public finance team will expand into the Houston area with the hiring of former BOSC Inc. managing director Ryan O'Hara.

With more than 367 miles of coastline, Texas has 15 ports that annually handle more than 485 million tons of cargo, 1.2 million passengers, generate more than $5 billion annually in local and state tax revenue, and more than $9 billion in federal import tax revenue.

Tulsa Public Schools are planning to ask voters for one of the largest bond issues in Oklahoma history at $415 million.

Thirty-six Republican Arizona legislators should be allowed to challenge the constitutionality of a measure to expand Medicaid eligibility even though it won legislative approval, the state Supreme Court ruled.

Already struggling to erase a $715 million deficit over the current and coming fiscal years, Kansas lawmakers face a costly court ruling that could require them to add more than $500 million to school funding.

Texas A&M University is looking for strong demand and low interest rates to continue in the new year as it brings a $377 million refunding deal to market.

The Texas Department of Transportation is investing in transportation projects along its 367-mile coast in anticipation of increased trade through an expanded Panama Canal and exports of natural gas amid mixed economic indicators.

Taking the oath of office just 11 days before the opening of the 84th Texas Legislature, Comptroller Glenn Hegar promised to provide a “clear revenue estimate” as the basis of the state's budget.

Nine years after the last tuition revenue bonds were approved by the Texas Legislature, a bill pre-filed for the 2015 session seeks $2.86 billion of TRBs for construction projects at the state's college and university systems.