Southwest

Moody's Investors Service has shifted its outlook to negative on Austin's Aa2 rating for water and sewer debt as the city prepares to issue $271 million of bonds in June.

Arizona may need another two years to fully recover from the recession of 2008, according to economists at Arizona State University.

The Plano City Council has approved the largest incentive package in the city's history for the North American headquarters of Toyota Motor Co.

Virgin America will move Dallas flights to Love Field from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

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.