Southwest

Texas sales tax revenues rose 5.6% year-over-year in March to $2.09 billion, the 48th consecutive monthly increase, state comptroller Susan Combs said.

A Denver District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block $300 million of tax incentives for a Gaylord resort hotel.

Standard & Poor's has followed Moody's Investors Service in downgrading the scandal-plagued Beaumont Independent School District.

Carlsbad, N.M., plans to build four elementary schools with proceeds from a $30 million bond issue.

A majority of Oklahomans favor and end to tax breaks for horizontal oil and gas drilling, a new poll finds.

The Texas Department of Transportation is facing a federal criminal investigation of its land deals for expansion of Interstate 35E, according to reports.

Joe Weber, a former Texas A&M classmate of Gov. Rick Perry and longtime friend, will head the Texas Department of Transportation.

At 5 cents per kilowatt hour, Austin's $525 million contract to buy solar power from SunEdison for 25 years is considered one of cheapest on record.

With its grand opening a month away, Denver's Union Station redevelopment has attracted nearly $1 billion in private investment, according to the Regional Transportation District.

State and local governments are enjoying an economic lift from gas drilling in residential areas, but the long-term impact on property tax values is an open question, according to researchers.