Southwest

Political action committee supporting bond referendum to renovate Houston's Astrodome set to raise $250,000 for campaign.

The University of Texas will issue $255 million of bonds to fund new engineering building on its Austin campus.

Falling traffic and growing competition from Denver International Airport led Standard & Poors to downgrade Colorado Springs Airport revenue bonds to BBB-plus.

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.