Southwest

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.

Katy Independent School District near Houston will ask voters for a $99 million GO bond program that includes a $70 million football stadium.

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCrum has been named special prosecutor to lead an investigation of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Cuts in state income tax would hurt working people, says Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross.

Weber County's backstop of a $17.6 million 'dirt bond' deal for a mountain resort resulted in a rating of AA-minus from Standard & Poor's.

Denton Independent School District, Texas will ask voters for $312 million of bonds in November.

A special prosecutor is expected to be named next week to investigate whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry violated state law by threatening to veto funding for an ethics enforcement unit.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport moved pricing on its latest bond sale ahead by one day.