Southwest

A plan to issue $1.5 billion of taxable pension bonds for the state retirement system passed a key Kansas Senate committee last week.

Collections from the Arkansas state income and sales tax came in below expectations in March, dropping total revenue to $346.4 million.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport took another downgrade Friday as Fitch Ratings lowered the revenue bond rating to A from A-plus.

Texas' debt-service payments would increase 29% under the $193.8 billion state budget bill that easily passed in the state House of Representatives.

In the wake of the third failed attempt to find a buyer for the National Hockey League’s Phoenix Coyotes, the city of Glendale, Ariz., is seeking a manager for the city-owned arena that serves as the team's home.

The Arkansas Senate gave quick approval to a bill providing $125 million of state bonds as an economic incentive for a $1.1 billion steel mill project.

A private foundation linked to the $3 billion bond-funded Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas may have improperly changed its name and procedures in the wake of several investigations of alleged insider deals, according to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Austin (Texas) Independent School District trustees agreed a facilities master plan to win support for May's $892.2 million bond referendum.

El Paso City Hall will be imploded April 14 to clear way for a downtown baseball stadium.

Shawnee County Unified School District 345 will continue its expansion effort if approve a $42.5 million GO bond referendum for the fast-growth Topeka district.