Bond elections

Northwest Community Schools is giving it's $24.9 million bond another try.

The Mattawan Consolidated School district is hoping to demolish vacant buildings with the help of a nearly $20 million bond presented to the voters in August.

Bakersfield, Calif., residents could see new and improved parks as part of a $4.1 billion proposition on Tuesday's ballot.

Vallejo school district administrators are taking a rare approach when it comes to getting a $194 million bond before the city's voters this November.

City officials are weighing whether there is enough voter support to pass a general obligation bond referendum in November.

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.

The county, which encompasses Houston, can seek voter approval for a flood bond proposal that could exceed $2 billion.

The population of the county north of Dallas is expected to double by 2030.

Most of the more than $6 billion of bond proposals on local ballots passed, but some large issues fell short.

The Texas city's "Trinity River Vision" requires voter approval of $250 million of flood-control bonds.

County commissioners asked Gov. Greg Abbott for permission to schedule an election for a flood-prevention bond proposal on Aug. 25.

New Jersey lawmakers expanded the scope of a bond proposal to add money for school safety.

The $425 million measure is likely to go before San Francisco voters in November.