Southwest

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank has hired a search firm to find a replacement for President Richard Fisher, who plans to leave the post on March 19.

Utah voters approved $139 million of bonds and rejected $12.7 million in the Nov. 4 election. Voters also approved five sales-tax increases and rejected two.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing two bond issues sold in 2007 by Colorado authorities for a university and a health care borrower.

Arizona voters approved more than $2 billion of bonds in the Nov. 4 election, with most of the proposals winning by a comfortable margin, according to official results.

As Dallas Area Rapid Transit prepares for a $430 million refunding issue this month, the transit agency is also mapping plans for nearly $1 billion of downtown projects linked to a proposed high-speed rail line and the city’s convention center hotel.

Former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner will face trial on mail fraud charges after she declined to say in court that she had solicited campaign contributions for her personal use.

Voters across Texas approved $5.59 billion of the more than $6.8 billion of bonds on the ballot, according to the Austin consulting firm Strategic Partnerships Inc.

New Mexico will use $169 million of bond authority granted by the voters in the Nov. 4 election for senior citizens centers, libraries and schools.

Joining a year-end rush to market, the Texas Transportation Commission plans to offer $1.4 billion of top-rated general obligation bonds in December.

The University of Texas System could see savings of 10% on an advance refunding of $250 million of bonds expected to price Nov. 12.