Southwest

Nearly $620 million of tax-exempt debt for a $2.3 billion Texas water pipeline is drawing a crowd in the tax-exempt market.

Nearly $1 billion of notes and bonds to be priced and placed soon will keep the Grand Parkway toll loop growing around the Houston metro area.

Travis County, Texas, will not call a vote on $300 million of bonds for a new courthouse until next year.

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.