Southwest

A $220 million plan to preserve the abandoned Houston Astrodome will go to voters if Harris County Commissioners approve the proposal on Tuesday.

A petition drive to raise about $1 billion per year for education through higher income taxes arrived at the Colorado Secretary of State's office Monday with nearly twice the number of required signatures.

A lawsuit by a spurned developer of a proposed $165 million entertainment center adjoining Irving, Texas', new convention center has been settled, clearing the way for a plan to resurrect the project.

Voters in Utah's Jordan School District — the largest in the state until a controversial 2009 split — will consider a $495 million bond proposal approved by the district's board on Tuesday.

Texas sales tax receipts rose 7.3% in July, marking the 40th straight month of increases.

Denver's plan to develop an "Airport City" at Denver International Airport faces challenges from neighbors who say they are already leading the way.

Options for a November affordable housing bond referendum in Austin, Texas range up to $65 million without a tax hike.

Tucson City Council will decide on a temporary hospital tax as a match for federal reimbursement of uninsured patient care.

After three special sessions, Texas lawmakers have passed a $1.2 billion transportation bill that appeared to satisfy outgoing Gov. Rick Perry.

Oklahoma state revenues hit an all-time 12-month high of $11.3 billion last month after bottoming out in February 2010.