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Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. has gone to federal court seeking the keys to Buena Vista, Virginia’s city hall and compensatory damages.
By Shelly SigoMarch 2 - North Carolina
Gov. Roy Cooper received quick pushback from North Carolinas GOP-led General Assembly to his first budget, which proposes 4.5% in more state spending in fiscal 2018 as well as expanding Medicaid.
By Shelly SigoMarch 2 - Georgia
Public finance attorneys Kenneth Pollock and Laurie Schwartz are working in Butler Snows Atlanta office and Jamie Garner is in the firms Macon office.
By Shelly SigoMarch 1 -
Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. has gone to federal court seeking the keys to Buena Vista, Virginias city hall and compensatory damages after the city defaulted on ACA-wrapped debt that financed a golf course.
By Shelly SigoMarch 1 - West Virginia
Saying lawmakers have failed to offer alternatives to address West Virginias $500 million budget gap, Gov. Jim Justice revised his fiscal 2018 budget to propose new taxes on sugary sodas, cigarettes, and wealthy state residents.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 28 -
Credit concerns are mounting over the financial stability of Toshiba Co., parent of the company building partly municipal bond-financed nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 27 - West Virginia
Saying he is responding to a recent rating downgrade by Moody's Investors Service, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is seeking legislation that would allow him to furlough state employees to reduce spending.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 24 - Louisiana
The Louisiana Legislature ended a special session agreeing to budget cuts and using reserves to close a $304 million mid-year gap, while facing a $440.5 million shortfall in fiscal 2018 due to lower revenue estimates.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 23 - West Virginia
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said state officials failed to address budget problems that would have staved off a downgrade of the states GO bond rating to Aa2 by Moody's Investors Service.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 22 -
Facing the loss of millions in federal funds, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted to comply with immigration authorities' orders to hold jailed undocumented inmates regardless of the cost to the county budget.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 21