Southwest

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced settlement of an investigation of anticompetitive activities involving underwriting fees paid by municipal utility districts in the Houston area.

Arkansas' budget shortfall grew in September as revenues fell nearly $10 million below the official fiscal year forecast.

Kansas revenues are running 1.7% below projections in the first three months of the fiscal year after falling 4% below budget in September, officials said.

Fort Worth Transportation Authority may begin construction in 2016 of its long-anticipated $810 million rail line to DFW Airport.

Moody's Investors Service has shifted the outlook on its A3 rating of Glendale, Ariz., to stable from negative, citing continued improvement and solid liquidity.

Texas Democratic governor candidate Wendy Davis accuses Republican opponent Greg Abbott of covering up misuse of the Texas Enterprise Fund as attorney general.

As other Arizona cities took on long-term debt for professional sports facilities, the Phoenix suburb of Chandler gave Major League Baseball its walking papers and pursued more promising ventures. Spring training left but prosperity followed.

Oklahoma plans to use proceeds of this week's $67 million sale of lease-revenue bonds for two state universities and a community college.

The Marana Unified School District near Tucson will ask voters for $125 million of bond authority in the Nov. 4 election for an array of projects.

The Texas Enterprise Fund administered by recently indicted Gov. Rick Perry provided $222 million to companies and organizations that never applied for the money or promised to create jobs, a state audit finds.