Southwest

The Houston Community College District will issue $300 million of general obligation bonds two months after voters approved $425 million of debt to expand the system.

The National Hockey League's lockout of its players, if not resolved, could impact ratings for the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles and the Pepsi Center in Denver, according to Fitch Ratings.

With expansion of an international toll bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, expected to begin in April, Moody's Investors Service affirmed its Baa1 rating on the system's senior lien revenue bonds.

Women in Public Finance will honor three professionals next month in Chicago at the national organization's 7th annual founders' awards.

Some California cities and counties acting as the successor agencies to their former redevelopment agencies defied a Friday deadline to hand over millions of dollars.

The YMCA of Greater Houston is no longer under threat of downgrade to junk status from Moody's Investors Service as the nonprofit prepares to restructure its $196 million of outstanding debt.

Oklahoma lawmakers can appropriate up to $7 billion in FY 2014 under a revised revenue outlook adopted Dec. 20, almost $215 million more than in FY 2013.

The El Paso City Council created a development district that will issue $50.4 million of bonds in early 2013 for construction of a minor league baseball stadium in downtown.

The Oklahoma Legislature will be asked to authorize $42.5 million of state bonds to build a proposed popular culture museum in Tulsa.

Standard & Poor's shifted its outlook to stable from negative as the Arizona Transportation Board plans to issue $712 million of revenue bonds after the first of the year.