Southwest

Before 67% of voters in Utah's Jordan School District defeated the largest school bond proposal in the state's history on Nov. 5, district officials and those from the city of Bluffdale exchanged angry letters over alleged use of public money during the campaign.

Standard & Poor's on Friday raised its rating on general obligation debt for Coffeyville, Kan., one notch to A-plus from A based on revised local GO criteria.

A week after voters elsewhere in the country decided billions of dollars worth of bond issues, those in Tulsa will decide whether to issue a record $918.7 million on Tuesday.

Texas voters approved about 75% of the bond proposals on the Nov. 5 ballot, representing $3.92 billion of new money for cities, counties, schools and other special districts, results show.

The Texas Department of Transportation is again considering tolling the Interstate 35 freeway in Austin and lifting tolls on a troubled tollway skirting the city's eastern edge.

Wichita City Council voted to issue $40 million in sales tax and revenue bonds for a development that will combine a sporting goods store with athletic facilities and lodging.

Texas voters approved a $2 billion water bond program Tuesday in the largest of many bond related issues voters decided in the off-year.

Dallas is considering a $300 million expansion of its downtown convention center after strong gains in bookings with the addition of a bond-financed hotel.

With funds in the federal Highway Trust Fund dwindling, Oklahoma is slowing highway construction amid continuing uncertainty.

General-fund spending among Maricopa County's 10 largest cities is set to increase by about 2% in the current fiscal year, budgets indicate.