Southwest

The University of Arkansas' 20-year master plan for its Fort Smith campus is expected to require about $200 million, according to chancellor Paul Beran.

The University of Texas System will open the new year with $240 million of top-rated Permanent University Fund bonds to refund commercial paper.

Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority chairman Denny Granum resigned from the board amid an FBI investigation of fraud.

A citizens' initiative in Oklahoma City seeks to curtail a voter-approved sales tax two years earlier than planned and prevent the use of $252 million for a new convention center.

Arizona Public Service Co. has closed three coal-fired generators at the Four Corners Plant and plans to spend $350 million upgrading the two that remain.

Alvin Independent School District near Houston will take advantage of low short-term interest rates with $103 million of soft-put variable rate bonds.

After years of negotiation and political upheaval over financing a $150 million entertainment center, the city of Irving, Texas, is ready to issue $35 million of revenue bonds for the project.

Standard & Poor's placed nearly $1 billion of certificates of participation for four transit systems on its watch list Monday based on its new ratings criteria.

Houston is considering building a new law enforcement headquarters that could cost up to $500 million.

Moody's Investors Service affirms the National Conference of State Legislature's A3 credit rating.