Bond elections

Topeka officials will hear public comments Tuesday on extending and increasing a citywide sales tax.

Fort Worth was still savoring a victory for a $400 mllion bond proposal when rating agencies rained on the parade.

Vallejo school district Superintendent Adam Clark says he is "disappointed" by the school board's decision Wednesday night not to place a $194 million bond on the November ballot to address the district's crumbling facilities.

Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $1 billion at a time.

Voters approved Omaha Public Schools' $410 million bond referendum and another district's $510 million measure.

The city expects to begin issuance in 2019 and continue pricing deals over five years.

School bond supporters received favorable results for the biggest three proposals.

Gaston County voters green-lighted both a $250 million school bond referendum and a quarter-cent sales tax increase to pay back the borrowed money Tuesday night.