Southwest

DALLAS — Amid an ambitious expansion plan, the University of North Texas Board of Regents is preparing to issue $180 million of system revenue bonds for its Dallas campus and for a new football stadium at the main campus in Denton.

DALLAS — By a three-vote margin, the citizens of Andrews County, Tex., voted last May to finance a low-level radioactive waste dump with a $75 million bond issue, the first in the county’s history.

DALLAS — Oklahoma’s general fund revenue fell below expectations for the 10th consecutive month in October, but Treasurer Scott Meacham said the state’s economy may be poised for recovery, as the decline was not as steep as in recent months.

DALLAS — Texas will pump about $125 million of highly rated general obligation bonds into the market next week as the state pools funds for water development loans.

DALLAS — As the nation’s port business drifts at low tide, Corpus Christi, Tex., is preparing for better days with a $250 million mixed-use container terminal financed through a public-private partnership.

DALLAS — A steeper-than-expected decline in Kansas state tax collections could require quick budget cuts totaling $460 million to balance the books for fiscal 2010, with more in store in fiscal 2011.

DALLAS — Local governments in Texas are keeping their belts tight as sales tax revenue continues to fall sharply.

Scott Meacham, who has been Oklahoma’s treasurer since 2005, said last week he would not seek re-election or any other statewide office in 2010.

Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said last week the state would not expand its offer of $144.5 million of sales tax bonds and $85 million of tax incentives and credits to help finance a large office campus and soccer stadium in ­Wyandotte County.

Arkansas’ revenue in October was $313.5 million, almost $18 million less than expected and $39 million less than collected in October 2008, according to the latest monthly revenue report from the Department of Finance and Administration.