Southwest

A bitter campaign over limiting oil and gas operations in Colorado is sidelined by Gov. John Hickenlooper's deal with environmentalists and energy producers.

Lagging corporate and sales tax collections tugged Arkansas' July revenue below forecast for the first month of the fiscal year, officials said.

Texas offered $15.3 million and other favorable conditions to land the $85 million SpaceX launch site, officials said.

Denver's fifth annual attempt to popularize its debt among its citizens proved successful with $12 million of "Mini-Bonds" sold in about an hour.

The largest city in Kansas will issue $73 million of general obligation bonds to finance road, bridge and highway improvement projects.

School districts in Austin and its booming suburbs are pouring more than $550 million of top-rated bonds into a lean and hungry primary market.

A $70 million unpaid bill from El Paso Children's Hospital prompts layoffs at University Medical Center and a plea for a $20 million loan from the El Paso County Commissioners.

After three months of falling below projections, Kansas revenues rebounded in July, officials said.

San Antonio and Bexar County officials have reversed course and called for a voter referendum on a $280 million streetcar project.

The Allen, Texas, Independent School District will use $2 million of existing bond funds to repairs a two-year-old stadium that cost $60 million to build.