Bond elections

The Texas cities are preparing to ask for about $2.5 billion of bonds in November.

A special election will decide if Ardmore City Schools will be able to make needed upgrades to its schools, buy new buses to replace outdated ones and build a new district performing arts center.

Stafford, Texas, voters will be asked on Nov. 7 to approve a $62 million bond proposal that would include building a new middle school and administration building for the Stafford Municipal School District as well as a magnet school.

Voters in two school districts, Green Ridge R-VIII and Dresden R-XIII, went to the polls Tuesday to make their choices known in the special election.

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.