Southwest

Tulsa, Okla.’s $920 million capital improvement referendum that includes $355 million of GO bonds will be identified on the November ballot as Improve Our Tulsa.

Investments held by Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System topped $6.6 billion in fiscal 2013, up almost 16% from final 2012 numbers.

City leaders have lined up to oppose a plan by Texas Department of Transportation to turn over maintenance responsibilities for 2,000 miles of state highways.

Ratings on Gallup, N.M., have been suspended after an outside auditor issued no opinion on the city's finances.

Texas A&M University System is preparing to issue $353 million of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds for the most costly college stadium renovation in U.S. history.

Hoteliers opposing subsidies for a Gaylord hotel and conference center near Denver International Airport saw their petition drive halted by Colorado's attorney general.

An outside audit of Glendale, Ariz., revealed that city officials may have violated state law in hiding the costs of an early retirement.

Central Texas school district needs $450 million of bonds at November election to meet growth projections, panel says.

Salt Lake City’s recently dedicated Public Safety Building – built with $125 million of general obligation bonds – is one of the largest public buildings in the nation to generate as much energy as it uses.

Austin Community College District in central Texas will delay until 2014 a proposed GO bond referendum of up to $500 million.