Southwest

Students in Oklahoma County ISD No. 1 will swap textbooks for iPad computer tablets if voters approve a $6 million bond issue at the Feb. 12 election.

Oklahoma County commissioners postponed a proposed March bond election for a new jail to avoid conflicts with municipal and school board elections.

Douglas County USD 497 in Lawrence will decide in April on a $92.5 million GO bond issue to upgrade 14 elementary schools and two high schools.

An unexpected 18% jump in income tax collections boosted Arkansas December revenues to $38 million more than December 2011 and $17.5 million above expectations.

Colorado developer Zach Davidson has been indicted on 20 counts of misusing public funds from a $31 million bond issue designed to finance an upscale housing development in affluent Greenwood Village.

DALLAS – Weakening state revenue growth indicates a slackened pace for Oklahoma's economic recovery in 2012, State Treasurer Ken Miller said.

Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons' political action committee illegally funneled $64,500 to 18 Texas lawmakers after passage of a bill allowing Simmons' company to dump radioactive waste at a bond-funded site in West Texas, according to reports.

Texas's Rainy Day Fund could provide $2 billion of initial financing for a statewide program of water supply infrastructure revolving debt.

Two years after massive spending cuts to deal with a slumping economy, Texas lawmakers are considering measures to ease the impact as they prepare to convene for their 2013 session next week.

The inland Port of San Antonio expects to issue $24 million of bonds after bypassing the debt market in 2012, according to Moody's Investors Service.