Southwest

Two key state senators want Texas Gov. Rick Perry to open the special legislative session to another effort to boost highway funding.

El Paso City Council authorized up to $52.8 million of special revenue bonds for a minor league baseball stadium in downtown.

After reaching major milestones in wind power, Texas is seeing signs that a boom in cheap natural gas could inhibit the growth of renewable energy.

The new baseball stadium in downtown El Paso will cost $10 million more than expected under a revised construction contract proposed by city officials last week.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin credited legislators for quick action in moving $45 million from the state's $577 million rainy day fund for emergency response expenses.

Kansas House rejected a Senate plan to extend a temporary sales tax rate despite pleas from Gov. Sam Brownback.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe will name a replacement soon for former Treasurer Martha Shoffner, who resigned after being arrested on a federal extortion charge.

Oklahoma lawmakers approved using their rainy day fund for recovery after a killer tornado, but a proposed $500 million state bond issue for school shelters will have to wait.

The Rockefeller Foundation selected eight cities to participate in the RE.Invest Initiative, a national effort to support sustainable infrastructure that includes financial advice on P3 options.

After clearing up issues around a phony audit, the New Mexico Finance Authority returned to the bond market Wednesday with $43 million of excise tax bonds for local government projects.