Southwest

Trustees of North Little Rock School District No. 1 sold $125 million of 30-year general obligation bonds to Wells Fargo Bank.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the unit that prosecutes state corruption will not derail an investigation of a case that could involve the governor's office, the lead investigator said.

Texas District Judge John Dietz has set a Jan. 6 trial date for reopening the lawsuit challenging the state's school finance system.

Revenue from Little Rock's 1% sales tax adopted in 2011 isn't growing as fast as city officials expected.

Blast-damaged West, Texas, and its school district had their credit lowered Wednesday by Moody's Investors Service.

Texas lawmakers are considering overriding Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the Travis County District Attorney's Public Integrity Unit that monitors potential illegal activity among state officials.

Glendale, Ariz., officials are negotiating a new lease agreement aimed at keeping the Phoenix Coyotes playing hockey at Jobing.com Arena.

El Paso, Texas, will build a downtown ballpark with $60.8 million of 30-year revenue bonds.

The Texas Department of Transportation would get an additional $900 million per year in bonding authority under a constitutional amendment unanimously approved by the Texas Senate in a special session.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the top issuer in the Southwest, is pricing $367 million of revenue bonds Thursday for its $2 billion terminal remodeling program.