Southwest

DALLAS — Faced with recurring budget gaps, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing a series of steps designed to improve the state economy, including budget cuts and financial incentives for business.

DALLAS — Colorado state Sen. Chris Romer, a former public finance consultant and the son of ex-Governor Roy Romer, announced plans Tuesday to run for mayor of Denver.

DALLAS — A statewide revolving loan program to upgrade and improve municipal water and sewer systems in Kansas will be financed with proceeds from this week’s negotiated sale of $231.2 million of revenue bonds.

A proposed bond-financed entertainment complex in Irving, Tex,, won't generate sufficient revenue to support the debt on the facility, according to a new financial study by opponents of the project.

DALLAS — Transportation officials are considering funding options for a $4.4 billion expansion of Interstate 35E between Dallas and Denton that could be the largest of several major projects in the area.

DALLAS — A new issuer known as the Colorado Bridge Enterprise joins the December rush to market next week with $300 million of taxable and tax-exempt debt.

DALLAS — Recommendations on how to finance improvements to Arkansas highways and local roads include $1.8 billion of revenue bonds supported by a dedicated 0.5% state sales tax.

DALLAS – Dallas and the Tarrant Regional Water District will share financing on a $1.6 billion pipeline that will carry water 149 miles from Lake Palestine in East Texas.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $63.2 million of Build America Bonds that a school district in Finney County, Kan., issued in mid-2009 to finance a new high school and an addition to an elementary school, according to the district’s chief financial officer.

DALLAS — Under pressure to issue bonds before the end of the year for a $250 million entertainment center amid falling revenue, Irving, Tex., now faces an investigation into questionable expenses by the city’s private partner on the project.