Bond elections

After several tries, it appears Clark-Shawnee Local will get a new school.

With a new school year around the corner for Chisholm Public Schools comes the need for expansion of the district.

New Jersey voters will decide in November whether to borrow more than $100 million for library capital projects throughout the Garden State.

Laramie County may see a special election this fall.

On Monday, the Katy Independent School District, Texas's community bond advisory committee presented the Board of Trustees with their recommendation for a $609.2 million bond package.

Clarkston, Wash., School District voters will make the call in November on a $60.5 million school improvement bond after the Clarkston School Board made the ask official Monday.

This fall, voters in three Cedar Rapids-Iowa City metro area school districts will be asked to approve a total of $300 million in bond sales to rehabilitate, update and build new public schools.

Othello School District patrons will be asked to approve or reject a construction bond in February 2018.

A 5-2 Longmont, Colo., City Council majority decided Wednesday night to ask voters' authorization to sell an estimated $36.3 million in bonds to help finance the city's share of costs for the Windy Gap Firming Project.

A state senator is seeking authority to issue $450M in general obligation bonds to pay for voting machines.

FORT MADISON, Iowa -- Voters rejected a $27 million school bond issuance Tuesday that would have been used to build, furnish and equip a new elementary school and a softball and baseball field.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Las Cruces city councilors on Monday turned down a proposal to send a three-project, $10 million package of General Obligation bonds to voters in a November election.

The Austin, Texas, school board early Tuesday morning approved 40 bond projects totaling $990 million, but delayed the actual vote for calling for a November bond election until next week.

CAMDEN, Maine -- Voters here and in the neighboring town of Rockport overwhelmingly approved Tuesday a $25.2 million bond to construct a new middle school for the two towns' middle school students.

With extremely low voter turnout, Tuesday's statewide referendum to approve a $50 million bond to promote jobs and innovation passed overwhelmingly in Maine's largest communities.

McFarland, Calif., schools are in a conundrum.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- The Clark-Shawnee Local School District bond issue will be the only item on the Aug. 8 ballot, according to the Clark County Board of Elections. The last day to certify issues for the August election was May 10.

Passage of tax levies represents a credit-positive development for 21 Ohio cities and school districts.

NEWMARKET, N.H. -- An assistant attorney general has found the Newmarket School District in violation of electioneering laws in relation to the $38.9 million bond approved by voters in March to renovate the Junior-Senior High School. The complainant said he is "undecided" on whether he will take further action regarding the vote.

May 10--Voters in the Andover school district on Tuesday approved two bond issues that will pump more than $188 million worth of projects into the district.