Southwest

A citizens advisory panel has recommended a $252.6 million GO bond referendum for Alvin Independent School District, Texas.

Arkansas ended fiscal 2013 with a $300 million surplus, but much of may be from taxpayers who paid early to avoid a higher federal income tax bill.

Glendale, Ariz., has approved an agreement to keep the NHL Phoenix Coyotes at a city-owned, bond-financed stadium

Texas lawmakers will consider highway funding measures when the second special session of the year reconvenes July 9.

Public hearings will begin this month in Fort Worth, Texas, to get voter input on the city's $293 million GO bond election set for May 2014.

A new law doubling the bonding capacity of Arizona school district faces a Tea Party petition challenge.

The Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. is preparing to price $2.86 billion of toll revenue bonds to extend a planned 184-mile loop around the Houston metro area.

A referendum for $36.8 million of school bonds in Bartlesville, Okla., won't include storm shelters at six elementary schools.

A $920 million capital improvements program going to Tulsa, Okla., voters in November focuses on street repairs.

Austin, Texas, voters will likely vote in November on up to $65 million of general obligation bonds for affordable housing