Southwest

DALLAS — The Arizona Transportation Board will complete its pricing of $180 million of revenue bonds Tuesday in a deal that will finance construction of highways in Maricopa County, including Phoenix and its suburbs.

DALLAS — Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry will serve as the honorary chairman of a group seeking to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase state funding of public education.

DALLAS — Facing a budget deficit that could run as high as $257 million, the Colorado Legislature must cut spending by at least $189 million before the end of the fiscal year on June 30, according to state economists.

DALLAS — In a year when Texas school districts are celebrating record-low interest rates and the return of the triple-A bond guarantee from the Permanent School Fund, officials are contemplating voters’ appetite for new debt.

DALLAS — Amid slowing growth in its service area, Arizona’s Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District will issue its first Build America Bonds next week as part of a $750 million deal.

DALLAS — The chief financial officer of Dallas Area Rapid Transit said Monday that he is unconcerned by the effect of a downgrade by one of the major rating agencies on the upcoming sale of $825 million of revenue bonds supported by anemic sales tax income.

DALLAS — After years of struggling to keep up with a rapidly growing state population, the Arizona School Facilities Board goes to market this week with $100 million of certificates of participation and something entirely new — school enrollments that appear to be leveling off.

DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit lost its AAA rating from Standard & Poor’s Friday as analysts assigned DART’s upcoming $825 million bond deal a AA-plus.

DALLAS — Utah officials are facing questions about their role in a $13 million settlement with a losing bidder on the expansion of the Interstate 15 freeway in Salt Lake County, which will be funded with a record $1.25 billion bond issue next week.

DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit will issue $825 million of bonds supported by sales tax and farebox revenue next week under a resolution adopted Tuesday by the DART finance committee.