Southwest

The small Wichita suburb of Goddard wants to use sales tax bonds to fund a $160 aquatic center and sports complex.

Growth in Texas oil and gas production will continue to pump billions of dollars each year into state's rainy day fund despite proposed diversions.

The National Association of State Treasurers elected officers for 2014 and adopted several bond-related resolutions, during an annual business meeting at its conference here on Monday.

The University of Colorado System plans to expand its campuses with $150 million of taxable and tax exempt revenue bonds.

Arkansas may draw on its 2013 surplus to soften a proposed 50% increase in school employee health insurance premiums.

The federal government would have to remain closed for about four weeks before affecting New Mexico revenue from the oil and gas industry, according to the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.

Oklahoma tax collections of $1 billion last month set a new record 12-month total but the deadlock in Washington poses threats to recovery.

Bracewell & Giuliani has hired four partners for its public finance team in San Antonio, including a current and former city attorney for the Alamo City.

Charter schools in Texas see big advantages with enhancement of their debt by the Texas' triple-A school bond program available in early 2014.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott dropped his opposition to the merger of American Airlines with U.S. Airways, which faces a federal antitrust lawsuit.