Southwest

Little Rock, Ark., will fund street and drainage improvements with $58.4 million of general obligation bonds supported a 15-year property tax extension approved last year by voters

Dallas' Parkland Hospital Board has approved $42 million of bonds for a new $1.3 billion hospital financed mostly by Build America Bonds issued in 2009.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Perry's proposal to issue 100-year bonds for major infrastructure could get a hearing in a special legislative session now open to transportation issues.

Local opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's refusal to expand Medicaid surfaces, as the state's 254 counties cope with the nation's highest rate of uninsured residents.

Ascension Health Alliance will make its first foray into the long-term taxable market this week when it sells $1 billion of refunding bonds in a mix of tax-exempt and taxable paper.

A budget battle in Washington may hinder Kansas's efforts to issue $307 million of bonds for a national bio-defense laboratory.

Higher-than-expected collections from Arkansas's state income and sales taxes in May mean the budget is fully funded with another month left in the year.

Testimony by former Treasurer Martha Shoffner is under review by lawmakers for possibly perjury following her indictment on 14 federal charges.

San Antonio is preparing to issue up to $400 million of junior-lien revenue bonds for its electric utility CPS Energy as part of a nearly $2.7 billion capital construction plan over the next five years.

The fertilizer plan explosion that leveled part of West, Texas, in April could result in a downgrade of the town's credit.