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The credit rating of Colorado Springs Utilities is expected to withstand the impact of a fire that shut down the Martin Drake coal-fired power plant, according to Moody's Investors Service.

With more than $6.7 billion on local ballots, Texas' largest school bond requests won easy passage May 10.

Texas sales tax revenue rose 5.6% to $2.27 billion in April compared to the same month in 2013, according to Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

Moody's Investors Service lowers the University of Kansas to Aa2 in the wake of its downgrade of the state government.

Bond proposals saw mixed results in eastern Kansas school district elections May 6.

A western Oklahoma hospital that has struggled to hire doctors falls another notch below investment grade on the Fitch Ratings scale.

A Texas charter school is the first to carry a triple-A rating to the bond market, thanks to new backing from the state Permanent School Fund.

Tulsa County Independent School District gained a ratings notch to AA-minus from Standard & Poor's based on its strong reserves.

Some of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's former aides are under investigation by the FBI for influence peddling related to the state's $3 billion Medicaid program, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.

An Austin transportation coalition proposes a $1.4 billion urban rail line that could appear on the November ballot after years of study.