Southwest

Colorado's Public Finance Associates will become part of Minnesota-based Ehlers Companies in the wake of new regulations that could prove challenging for smaller firms.

While few high school students are aware of how their schools were financed, a select group at Sidney Lanier High School in San Antonio took up an invitation to watch a bond pricing first-hand.

The high-plains city of Lubbock, Texas, won't ask voters to approve $134 million of bonds, as a majority of the city council agreed that the timing was wrong.

Chicago-based William Blair & Co. is making a big push into the Texas market, snaring a five-member banking team from Robert W. Baird & Co. led by Ajay Thomas who will take over the firm's public finance banking group and help guide a national expansion.

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.