Southwest

Arizona public schools say the state owes them $330 million in state funding withheld during the economic downturn.

Houston is seeking to overturn a Texas law that limits its right to negotiate limits on firefighter pension contributions.

The Kansas Jayhawks basketball team will get a $17.5 million apartment building funded by donations and revenue bonds.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is calling for increased spending on water projects in the drought-stricken state.

Kansas lawmakers are considering Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed increases in spending for the next two fiscal years.

State District Judge John Dietz reopened testimony on Texas school funding Tuesday, nearly a year after his ruling that the state's formula was unconstitutional.

The finance team for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had to outwit the airlines and bypass the public to get the project, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, off the ground.

Fast-growing Frisco Independent School District in suburban Dallas may ask voters to approve $758 million of bonds to build new schools.

Fort Worth Independent School District issued the first $123 million from a $490 million bond authorization approved by voters last November.