Southwest

Texas' economy will continue to grow briskly in 2014 as state government keeps a tight lid on spending, according to experts at The Bond Buyer's Texas Public Finance Conference.

Citigroup won the bid on $50 million of Tulsa, Okla., general obligation bonds Jan. 30 with a true interest cost of 3.2008%.

A bond panel's wish list for Arlington Independent School District in Texas would cost $663 million.

The operator of Colorado's E-470 toll road will remarket $72.6 million of variable-rate revenue bonds.

The thousands of airline flights cancelled this winter due to severe weather may affect some airports' revenues and cost budgets, Fitch Ratings said.

Developers of a proposed 250-room hotel adjoining a state-owned casino and speedway in Kansas City, Kan., win a 90-day delay to break ground.

Utah must adjust to a growing population, environmental threats and the need to improve education while attracting new business, Gov. Gary Herbert told lawmakers.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $12.84 million of unlimited tax school building bonds issued in 2010 by the Anahuac Independent School District in Texas as part of an examination of small governmental bond issues.

Westin Hotels & Resorts will operate a $90 million partly bond-finaned hotel that will adjoin a new convention and entertainment center in Irving, Texas.

Despite an improving economy, the city of Phoenix is still facing budget deficits.