Southwest

Kansas state revenues were $30.6 million less than expected in January due to more taxpayers filing electronically, which results in quicker refunds.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe wants to use $30.5 million of the state’s $72.1 million surplus to help several agencies make it through fiscal 2012, which ends June 30.

The Arkansas Trucking Association plans to seek voter approval next year for an increase in the state tax on diesel fuel to finance highway construction projects.

DALLAS — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will propose an across-the-board cut in the state personal income tax rate at Friday's opening legislative session.

DALLAS — Alliance Texas, one of the most successful multi-modal inland ports in the nation, will suffer a blow to employment when bankrupt AMR Corp. closes its American Airlines maintenance base in Fort Worth.

DALLAS — A Texas teachers group is asking Gov. Rick Perry to call a special legislative session that would restore state aid to school districts by taking $2.5 billion from the state's rainy-day fund.

DALLAS — After gulping down the rival Bexar Metropolitan Water District, the San Antonio Water System is ready to take advantage of low interest rates with a $245.6 million refunding.

DALLAS — Dallas is looking at a fiscal 2013 budget gap between anticipated revenues and expected expenses of $49 million at best, but at worst it could grow to $87 million, city manager May Suhm told the City Council Wednesday.

DALLAS — Conservative leaders of national and state anti-tax groups sent Oklahoma lawmakers a message Monday staking out a strict interpretation of a no-new-tax pledge signed by almost every member of the Legislature.

DALLAS — Two years after sharply retrenching in a harsh economy, Dallas Area Rapid Transit is enjoying a lift in its credit score from Fitch Ratings along with rising sales tax revenue and lower construction costs.