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The Legislature approved a $22 billion budget that includes line-item funding for the state’s broadband bonds.
By Shelly SigoApril 16 -
The Volunteer State lowered the savings threshold it requires for a refunding.
By Shelly SigoApril 16 -
The state's ratings are at risk, Fitch Ratings says, because the budget doesn't include debt service on bonds for the high-speed Internet project.
By Shelly SigoApril 12 -
A state bill to restructure the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority’s bonds didn't pass; one analyst said it could have violated contract laws.
By Shelly SigoMarch 21 -
With lawmakers failing to address a $1 billion budget deficit, S&P said “uncertainty about fiscal 2019 now looms over Louisiana.”
By Shelly SigoMarch 8 -
The bill would let governments invest funds in mutual, closed-end and exchange-traded funds, and high-quality corporate bonds.
By Shelly SigoFebruary 5 -
Legal experts and county officials believe the online retail giant wasn’t swayed by the Alabama county’s Chapter 9 case or its ongoing appeal.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 31 -
The Legislature is considering bills imposing new requirements on Florida cities and counties to increase taxes and approve bond issues.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 30 -
Calling his two-year budget "difficult but honest," Gov. Matt Bevin cut most state agency budgets by 6.25% and borrowed to fund reserves.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 18 -
Gov. Rick Scott has doubled the chances that voters will decide if a supermajority vote will be required for the Legislature to raise new revenue.
By Shelly SigoJanuary 17