Southwest

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld an appeals court ruling that allows voters in Glendale the opportunity to repeal the city's recent sales tax increase.

While Texas' economy continues to outperform the nation's its government has failed when it comes to fixing structural problems with the budget, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance is advancing plans to acquire Oklahoma-based Marian Health System, the parent of three regional not-for-profit healthcare organizations in the mid and central states.

The third drop in Oklahoma energy production taxes in the last six months pushed August state revenues below those of August 2011. State brought in $819.6 million, down from $842.9 million last year.

Faced with a $14.8 million deficit to operate its six golf courses, Phoenix is considering selling or closing the public links, citing the sport's declining popularity amid growing competition.

With water supplies rapidly dwindling, Midland, Texas, is issuing $200 million of debt to build a 60-mile pipeline in less than 10 months.

San Antonio, plans to issue $1.1 billion of debt through 2016 to finance improvements and expansion of its water and sewer system as drought adds urgency to the city's conservation efforts.

An Oklahoma lawmaker asked the state attorney general to determine if Tulsa County's $750 million Vision2 proposal violates the state constitution.

The New Mexico Finance Authority voted to pay its interim CEO through March 2013, while its permanent CEO is on paid administrative leave.

Crawford County, Ark., Judge John Hall said the county should know how much it will cost to build a new jail and where to build it in time for a March 2013 election.