Southwest

Tucson residents who want to put in their two cents worth on the city’s $100 million general obligation bond referendum must pay $240 to have their opinions printed in the official voter pamphlet.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to issue $381 million of new money for its $2 billion terminal remodeling program as the airport's largest tenant, American Airlines, considers possible mergers under bankruptcy protection.

Texas revenues are expected to run $5 billion higher than previously projected over the next two years, Comptroller Susan Combs reported.

Budget balances for states remain too low relative to annual expenditures, according to the National Governors Association and National Association of Budget Officers.

Standard & Poor's on Wednesday placed New Mexico Finance Authority's triple-A rating on its watch list for a possible downgrade in the wake of disclosure's that the authority's most recent audit was phony.

The IRS has closed an audit without changing the tax-exempt status of $20.7 million of variable rate demand revenue bonds that were issued by the Colorado Crystal Valley Metropolitan District No. 1 in October 2004

Two toll-road operators in the Houston area whose systems interlink will issue $379 million as the systems continue to expand in the suburbs of Texas' largest city.

Current revenues will curtail road building in Texas within a few years, according to testimony last week before a House Appropriations subcommittee.

Oklahoma put $306.8 million into its budget stabilization fund last week, bringing the total rainy day reserve to $556 million.

New Mexico ended fiscal 2012 with $250 million of higher-than-expected revenues, bringing the state's total ending reserve balance to almost $750 million.