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The credit outlook on individual credits in Florida is mixed as the first reports of damage from the hurricane start filtering in.
October 12 -
"We are extraordinarily well positioned to deal with this storm from a financial standpoint," said Ben Watkins, director of Florida's Bond Division.
October 5 -
AccuWeather says Hurricane Ian may turn out to be one of the costliest storms in the county's history due to its violent storm surge, damaging winds and overpowering flooding rains.
September 29 -
Modeled after New York City's Hudson Yards, the plans call for a high-density urban district with a transit terminal and at least 35% affordable housing.
August 31 -
Ben Watkins, Director of the State of Florida's Bond Division, talks with Chip Barnett about the latest news coming out of the Sunshine State and takes a look at what's happening in Reedy Creek. He discusses Florida's bonding and debt, infrastructure plans and dives into the state's ESG priorities. (30 minutes)
August 30 -
Brightline is building a 168-mile extension to Orlando International Airport of its original 70-mile line connecting Miami with West Palm Beach.
August 18 -
Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $40.7 billion of bonds in the first half of this year, a 6.3% year-over-year increase.
August 17 -
Funding transit infrastructure is one of the county's key initiatives and also reinforces its policy to reduce carbon emissions, increase mobility equity and promote transit-oriented development, says Fitch's Michael Rinaldi.
August 15 -
A proposal would prohibit fund managers at the State Board of Administration from considering ESG factors when investing the state’s money and require them to only consider maximizing returns on investment.
July 28 -
The Miami metro area saw the most private-sector job growth among all metro areas in the state in June and year-over-year.
July 25