Southwest

Little Rock will save $2 million a year in debt service with a refunding of $24.7 million of airport revenue bonds from 1999 that financed projects at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.

Houston Independent School District will tap a record $1.89 billion bond authorization Wednesday with a $301 million issue expected to be followed in two weeks with another $150 million deal.

The Austin City Council is expected to approve up to $150 million of taxable revenue bonds Thursday to build a new consolidated car rental facility and parking garage at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants lawmakers to extend a temporary sales tax so the state's income tax rate can be slashed without loss of revenue.

Texas lawmakers are proposing reductions in spending over the next two years, despite schools and state agencies clamoring for restoration of funds cut in the last legislative session.

Austin Independent School District may ask voters to decide in May for $889.9 million of GO bond authorization to finance a capital plan that focuses on enrollment growth.

Arizona plans to price $706 million of highway revenue bonds Wednesday as the legislature begins considering how to distribute the state's rebounding revenues.

Bills filed last week by a key lawmaker would take $2 billion from the state’s $8.8 billion Rainy Day Fund to finance a revolving bond program for local water supply efforts.

Sales tax revenues in December totaled $2.17 billion, Comptroller Susan Combs said last week, with growth in construction and manufacturing.

The Kansas Chamber wants a cut in state corporate income taxes from the 2013 legislative, CEO and former House Speaker Mike O’Neal said last week.