Southwest

DALLAS — Rising enrollment resulting from rapid growth in the northern suburbs of Oklahoma City is the primary driver in the request by the Oklahoma County Independent School District No. 6 for $142.1 million of general obligation bonds.

DALLAS — The Travis County Housing Authority in Austin is in the process of revamping its accounting procedures after federal auditors reported that the agency’s books could not be audited and that $2.5 million had been misapplied to non-federal programs.

DALLAS — The Bushland Independent School District is bringing $9.1 million of unlimited-tax school building bonds to market next week on the heels of a three-notch upgrade to A-plus from BBB-plus by Standard & Poor’s.

DALLAS - Oklahoma extended a 5% reduction in state agency spending through September as tax revenues continue an eight-month slide.

DALLAS - With revenues falling and costs rising, the Regional Transportation District of metropolitan Denver is developing a backup plan for its FasTracks transit program in the event voters refuse to raise more sales taxes to complete all the projects.

DALLAS — The first of two refunding deals planned by the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will be the largest bond issue this week in Texas.

DALLAS — Arizona’s Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District is preparing to sell $325 million of electric revenue bonds by the end of the month to refund all but $50 million of the utility’s commercial paper.

DALLAS — Tulsa, Okla., will finance the next 12 months of its five-year street improvement program with the proceeds from Thursday’s competitive sale of $70 million of general obligation bonds.

DALLAS — With Arizona’s double-A rating on negative outlook from two rating agencies, Treasurer Dean Martin is again warning that failure to fix a $1 billion budget deficit will continue to raise the cost of doing business.