Southwest

Municipal bond issuance in the Lone Star State totaled $59 billion in 2023, spurred by utility rate securitizations and school bonds.

The case, which was refiled last week without federal claims from an earlier lawsuit, will have its first hearing in January.

The proposed pipeline, which dates back to 2006, would transport Colorado River water from the Lake Powell reservoir to the southwest corner of Utah.

Cities and states in the Southwest are making affordable housing a funding priority through voter-approved general obligation bonds or in their budgets.

The Water Infrastructure Financing Authority will use information it received from banks, businesses, conservation groups, and others to solicit water augmentation projects next year.

The nation's fourth-largest city will have new officials at the helm of its government and finances for the first time in eight years.

The Arizona Board of Regents adopted a report recommending greater oversight of its three universities after the University of Arizona hit financial trouble.

A project to build a new arena for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder will move forward after voters approved the extension of a sales tax.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1 billion.

The state would raise $500 million through internal debt sales backed by oil and natural gas severance tax revenue to fund long-term water purchase contracts.