Southwest

With help from a flood of federal funding, Colorado lawmakers were able to restore funds lost in the pandemic.

A year after the pandemic struck the nation's economy, Texas sales tax collections hit an all-time record for April.

The chief opponent of the measure is the Arizona Board of Regents that governs the state’s three public universities.

The $8.5 billion on the ballots included $6.5 billion for schools, $1.6 billion for cities, $319 million for counties and $139 million for community colleges.

With federal aid rolling out, the municipal credit picture is improving and issuers are coming to market at a faster clip. An infrastructure package could push issuance levels even higher.

The North Texas Tollway Authority will sell a mix of taxable first-tier and tax-exempt second-tier bonds in the refunding transaction.

The Texas House rejected a proposal to expand coverage for Texans who have low-paying jobs that do not provide health insurance.

A year after the traditional May bond elections were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, Texans will consider bonds for local issuers, mostly schools.

The school's debt load will reach $1 billion and Moody's says it's "uncertain" the college can "sustainably return to stonger operating performance."

New Mexico joins neighboring states Arizona and Colorado in legalizing marijuana sales with an eye toward higher state revenue.