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DALLAS — El Paso County, Texas, will dedicate $27 million of proceeds from $110 million of certificates of obligation to complete a bridge project across the Rio Grande into Mexico.

DALLAS — Two major airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, are trying to sway public opinion in a showdown between two Houston airports that resembles a recent fight in Dallas.

DALLAS — Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Oklahoma Senate said Monday they would oppose any of several state bond proposals while Republican-sponsored cuts in the state income tax rate remain on the table.

DALLAS — Bearing a healthy prognosis from rating agencies, Children's Medical Center of Dallas will look for interest-rate savings with a $164.5 million refunding.

A Texas state court judge in Travis County last week reversed a decision that could have cost state and local governments millions of dollars each year in lost sales tax revenues.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents last week said the system would contribute $25 million a year to operations of a medical school in Austin if locals provide $35 million a year.

Kathryn V. Garner has joined Haynes and Boone LLP as a partner and public finance specialist.

Oklahoma state revenues of $1.16 billion in April were $83 million more than in April 2011 despite a slide in oil and gas production tax collections.

A Kansas legislative conference committee adopted a compromise tax-cutting plan designed to avoid large budget gaps in the future.

Arkansas’ April revenues of $588.9 million were boosted by better than predicted collections from sales and income taxes.