Southwest

El Paso, Texas, may issue $61 million of revenue bonds for new downtown stadium, up from original cap at $52.8 million.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is expected to sign an $8.8 billion budget that includes expansion of the state Medicaid program for the working poor.

Local governments in the central Texas town of West do not qualify for a 75% federal reimbursement for damages from the April 17 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15.

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.