- Louisiana
An eventful year lies ahead for Louisiana with a special legislative session potentially necessary to address yet another budget shortfall and continued recovery efforts from last years disastrous floods.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 11 - Florida
Ben Watkins, director of Floridas Division of Bond Finance, will receive the third annual Jim Lebenthal Infrastructure Champion award at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference in New York Jan. 31.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 11 -
A federal judge denied a request by two Florida counties for additional documents about public financing for the All Aboard Florida private passenger train project, moving their lawsuits closer to a ruling on dismissal.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 10 - North Carolina
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took office Jan. 1 amid political turmoil that prompted him to file a lawsuit challenging a recently passed law restricting his election board appointments.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 6 - Georgia
Financial problems at Toshiba Corp. are credit negative for new nuclear power plants under construction at Plant Vogtle in Georgia and VC Summer in South Carolina, Moody's Investors Service said.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 5 - Georgia
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added attorney John W. Mills III as a partner in the firms litigation department in Atlanta.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 4 -
The U.S. Department of Transportation told a Florida congressman who made inquiries about All Aboard Floridas financing that it does not evaluate ridership, revenue, or creditworthiness for private activity bond allocations.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 4 -
Alabama state lawmakers in 2017 will weigh competing major bond programs to fund transportation and prison construction, as well as two controversial gambling proposals.
By Shelly SigoDecember 28 -
Miami Beach put the brakes on a public-private partnership to build a 3.5-mile light rail streetcar, to let voters have a say in a larger transit plan that boosters hope can tap the Trump administrations infrastructure financing proposal.
By Shelly SigoDecember 21 -
Petersburg, Va., was removed from CreditWatch by S&P Global Ratings, which maintained its BB junk ratings and negative outlook despite the cash-strapped city's hiring of a turnaround firm.
By Shelly SigoDecember 15