Southwest

Cost overruns at the overdue South Terminal at Denver International Airport pose "significant budget risk," according to Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher.

Texas voters will consider approving $6.7 billion of bond issues in 83 local elections May 10, with most of the money going to schools.

Colorado spending will increase by about $2 billion under a $23 billion budget signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on April 30.

Kansas State University is launching a $65 million redesign of the north end zone of its Bill Snyder football stadium, the third phase of an expansion plan announced in 2010.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Kansas' issuer rating to Aa2 from Aa1 on April 30, citing the state's weak economy and piecemeal approach to balancing the state budget.

The record bankruptcy filing of Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings poses some risk to municipal bond issuers in parts of Texas where the company operates coal-fired power plants, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. has expanded on the west coast and in Texas with addition of two municipal finance veterans.

Houston plans to demolish Terminal D at Bush Intercontinental Airport and build a replacement at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.

With more than $6 billion invested in airport rail links, cities in the Southwest envision a new way of doing business.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is expected to sign bill cutting top state income tax rate to 5%.