Southwest

Abnormal state income tax refunds drop Oklahoma general fund collections 17% below official expectations.

A new web site detailing debt by Texas and its local governments is an advance for financial transparency, state comptroller Susan Combs says.

Owners of some luxury condominiums in Denver residential towers will not be required to pay taxes supporting a $30.5 million bond issue, a judge ruled.

Texas collected $25.8 billion in state sales taxes in fiscal 2013, up 7.2% from fiscal 2012, with $2.4 billion generated in August.

Colorado Springs next week plans to price about $130 million of revenue bonds for a 50-mile water pipeline and refunding outstanding debt.

Most Texas school bond referendums in November are growth related, but a suburban Houston district wants a second football stadium.

Work is under way on an east Texas school district's first new elementary in more than 80 years with proceeds from bonds approved in May.

D/FW International Airport may have to issue more bonds for a terminal upgrade effort as costs skyrocket.

The unfunded liability of Kansas's largest public pension plan widened to $10.2 billion despite a net return of 14% in fiscal 2013.

Houston's third airport would become the nation’s ninth commercial spaceport under a proposal from the city's airport authority.