Southwest

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.

Most Texans want to increase state spending on transportation infrastructure without raising taxes, according to a new statewide poll.

Colorado State University has fallen short of the $110 million of donations required for building a new football stadium, according to CSU president Tony Frank.

The University of North Texas should have known that it was receiving excessive reimbursement from the state and should repay at least $75.6 million over 10 years, according to a state audit.

Citing weak debt coverage, Standard & Poor's downgraded Arizona Health Network's revenue bonds to BBB from BBB-plus and retained a negative outlook.

The Texas Transportation Commission expects to price $1.1 billion of general obligation bonds in October, about six months later than originally scheduled.

Arkansas revenues are slightly ahead of projections in the second month of the fiscal year, state officials say.