Southwest

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., this year will redeem an extra $27 million of sales tax revenue bonds issued in 2005 to finance construction of a large shopping district.

The Pulaski Technical College Board of Trustees in Arkansas is expected to decide in January whether to ask voters for permission to collect property taxes through a proposed taxing district to supplement tuition revenue and state aid.

Arizona’s State Transportation Board has adopted a blueprint outlining the projects needed over the next 25 years to keep pace with the state’s growing population.

Final results last week from the Maricopa County Elections Department show that voters Nov. 8 narrowly approved a $41 million capital override request by Paradise Valley Unified School District.

DALLAS - A financial boost provided by a sales tax increase approved by Little Rock, Ark., voters in September will finance the city's largest budget ever in 2012.

DALLAS - Two Texas universities, one public and one private, are preparing $420 million of bonds for expansion projects amid signs of a steadily improving economy.

DALLAS - Recent increases in monthly revenue collections will mean Oklahoma lawmakers won't face a shortfall when they convene in January, but little growth is expected in next year's budget.

Oklahoma Rep. T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, said last week the state should sell some of its buildings and land to finance repairs to the state capitol in Oklahoma City.

Three bond refinancing efforts since August have cut Wichita’s debt service by almost $16.2 million, city manager Robert Layton said last week.

The Arkansas State Police Retirement System will likely ask the General Assembly for more funding in 2013 due to a rise in the system’s unfunded liabilities to $135 million in 2011 from $122 million in 2010.