Southwest

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.

Moody's Investors Service has put $220 million of economic incentive bonds on review for a possible downgrade over uncertainties from falling state income tax collections.

Top legislative leaders back a measure authorizing $125 million of state general obligation bonds for a steel mill project in northeast Arkansas.

Arkansas will save almost $700 million through a private insurance option in an expansion of the Medicaid program, a report said.

Colorado's Regional Transportation District plans to issue $225 million of certificates of participation this month as its $7.9 billion FasTracks rail and bus network achieves major construction milestones.

A $2 billion bond program for water projects in drought-stricken Texas won nearly unanimous approval in the state House of Representatives with strong support expected in the Senate.

Moody's Investors Service is considering a downgrade on $1.1 billion of P3 turnpike debt in Texas to non-investment grade.

Brownsville, Tex., will refund $114.5 million of revenue bonds as it lays the groundwork for a pipeline system connecting the city to a proposed investor-owned power plant.