Southwest

The medical community in Austin, Tex., is divided over a ballot proposition that would support a University of Texas medical school in the state capital.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit has rescheduled its $128.3 million revenue bond pricing for Nov. 8 after the deal was postponed by the storm that shut down the financial markets in New York.

The Utah Board of Regents is preparing to issue $518.7 million of taxable notes for its student loan program through RBC Capital Markets.

A $1.3 billion network of bond-financed highways linking major cities in Arkansas would enhance the state’s economy and quality of life, proponents said Tuesday.

With the healthcare industry facing dramatic changes, Scottsdale Healthcare Corp. is getting a ratings lift after the sale of eight buildings under a new finance strategy.

The $63.6 billion of outstanding debt from school districts in Texas at the end of fiscal 2011 accounts for a third of total outstanding local debt, Comptroller Susan Combs said.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit will close out its commercial paper program with Bank of America by issuing $128.3 million of sales-tax revenue bonds in a deal postponed due to the storm on the East Coast.

Trustees of Dallas Independent School District voted last week to move to negotiated sales for future bond issues in a shift from the district's policy of competitive issues.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last week endorsed legislation that would require local governments to lower their property tax rates automatically when assessed valuations increase.

More than half of those polled by the University of Arkansas in a recent telephone survey favor a proposed sales tax increase to support $1.3 billion of state highway revenue bonds.