Southwest

Manhattan, Kan., home of Kansas State University, will have about $145 million of general obligation debt outstanding after it issues $21 million of bonds and notes in a competitive sale Tuesday.

Texas voters' approval of a $2 billion state fund for water projects across the state is a positive credit factor for local utilities, Moody's Investors Service said in a Friday report.

The Las Cruces School District has a brighter outlook on its Aa2 rating from Moody's Investors Service as it prepares to issue $10 million of general obligation bonds.

The University of Texas Regents approved $265.5 million of bonds backed by the state's Permanent University Fund.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Oklahoma Water Resources Board's state loan program revenue bonds to AAA from AA-plus based on a higher general obligation pledge.

Tempe, Ariz., has allocated $40.8 million to build the nation’s largest steel dam on Town Lake three years after the original inflatable rubber version collapsed and released nearly a billion gallons of water downstream.

A lawsuit has halted delivery of $33 million of bonds for San Antonio's VIA Advanced Transportation District that priced Oct. 17.

Voters in Tulsa, Okla., approved a record $918.7 million bond package by wide margins Tuesday.

Texas A&M University System will price $210 million of top-rated bonds backed by the state's Permanent University Funds in a competitive sale Wednesday.

An FBI fraud investigation of the Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority in western Colorado could have a long-term impact on the airport’s credit, according to Moody's Investors Service.