Bond elections

It is the largest measure bond measure the nation's second-biggest school district has ever put before its voters.

Three of the six conservation referendums on Midwest ballots are for bond authorizations; one in Illinois and two in Iowa.

A constitutional amendment would allow municipalities to approve districts that could issue bonds to finance infrastructure for housing developments.

The one-notch general obligation and certificates of participation rating downgrades resulted from the application of Fitch's updated criteria.

The estimated $100 million raised annually from the 0.5% tax increase on the Nov. 5 ballot could be used to back bonds for affordable housing.

Salt Lake City School District is seeking $730 million of bonds and Salt Lake County is asking for $507 million of bonds at the Nov. 5 general election.

Texas' largest school district, which was taken over by the state last year, is seeking voter approval for bonds for the first time since 2012.

Texas' largest public school system would use the proceeds from its biggest-ever bond referendum to fix aging facilities and make other improvements.

More than $17 billion of general obligation bonds piled onto May 4 election ballots in the state, with voters passing some of the biggest, including Dallas' $1.25 billion, 10-part package.

California lawmakers asked the high court to intervene on the measure headed for November's ballot.

The $380 million request for the zoo to voters in three Portland-area counties is the largest bond measure on the May 21 statewide primary ballot.

Instead of her original proposal, Miami-Dade County Mayor Levine Cava said she will work toward crafting an even larger bonding plan that will also include money for transit projects.

The proposed $1 billion bond measure would fund port improvements needed to push the state's nascent offshore wind power industry forward.

California voters will weight a $6.4 billion bond measure in March that redirects money from an existing millionaire's tax supporting mental health programs.

In her State of the County address, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava unveiled plans to invest in housing, septic to sewer conversions, flood prevention, parks and other infrastructure.

The outlook revision from negative comes as the school system prepares to tap more of its record $2.44 billion of voter-approved bond authorization next year.

Flush with bond authorization from the Nov. 7 election, officials are formulating issuance plans, while Colorado's governor called lawmakers back to session after a property tax cut measure was defeated by voters.

Voters approved several billion-dollar-plus bond referedums before them.

Seven out of nine ballot questions voters will face in Tuesday special election in Rhode Island are seeking funds for the development of local schools.

Public schools account for most of the $28.48 billion of bonds on Texas ballots Nov. 7.