Southwest

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is urging legislative action to designate the state as the dump site for the nation's highly radioactive waste.

As they neared final passage of a $9.2 billion budget, Arizona lawmakers dropped a controversial plan to pay a $900,000 bonus to a private prison operator.

Mesa's plan to build a 1.9-mile light-rail extension using $200 million of revenue bonds does not require a public vote, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled on April 1.

North Texas Tollway Authority will remarket $100 million of bonds as a direct letter of pay for a 2011 issue is set to expire in July.

Ray Hutchison, senior bond counsel at Bracewell & Giuliani, died in Dallas, where he was instrumental in landmark projects such as Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

A new Austin medical school will share in the proceeds of a $285 million revenue bond issue from the University of Texas System.

El Paso will seek new money for its airport and savings on outstanding debt with a combined $155 million issue of refunding bonds and certificates of obligation.

Republican Greg Abbott is criticizing Democrat Wendy Davis' work as a bond attorney in their hard-fought campaign for governor of Texas and she is targeting Abbott's record as attorney general.

New Mexico is facing a new round of litigation over school funding after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of poor and Spanish-speaking students.

Seven years after voters approved bonds to improve the Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver is ready to get the show on the road.