- Arizona
Arizona will not need to use its rainy day fund to balance the budget after April revenues came in much stronger than expected, officials said.
May 8 - Arizona
Standard & Poors has shifted its outlook on Mesa, Ariz.s utility debt to negative after transfers of revenue to the citys general fund.
May 6 - Arizona
Arizona gets a ratings lift from Moody's Investors Service to Aa2 from Aa3 as analysts cite efforts to stabilize the state budget.
May 5 - Arizona
With a Standard & Poor's upgrade to AA-plus on its subordinated debt, Phoenix is looking for significant savings with a $391 million refunding of revenue bonds that include taxable and tax-exempt issues.
April 13 - Arizona
A $110 million Glendale, Ariz., plant designed to turn debris into energy has fallen to the junk-bond category after the private operator required another $8 million of debt to make the plant operational.
April 2 - New Mexico
Despite an $11.5 billion backlog of maintenance at national parks across the country, the National Park Service continues to take on new properties in New Mexico and other states.
March 31 - Arizona
Williams, Ariz., the "Gateway to the Grand Canyon," is developing plans for a theme park that could cost $400 million and help the town of 3,023 capture more revenue from the more than 4 million visitors to the canyon each year.
March 30 - Arizona
Williams, Ariz., the self-proclaimed Gateway to the Grand Canyon, is working on a plan to sidetrack tourists to an amusement park and railroad museum that could be financed with $400 million of revenue bonds.
March 30 -
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to challenge the Scottsdale Municipal Property Corporations allocation of some its 2013 bonds to refinance a lease agreement in connection with to a garage adjacent to the largest luxury shopping mall in Arizona.
March 26 - Arizona
For the third time in three years, Phoenix voters will be asked to approve changes in the citys pension formula in hopes of making the retirement system more sustainable.
March 24