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Jacksonville voters agreed to keep a local half-cent sales tax for 30 years to help pay down nearly $3 billion in city pension obligations amid a lawsuit challenging Tuesdays referendum.
August 31 - Florida
The Florida Legislatures incoming senate president will sponsor a $2.4 billion environmental program that would be financed with $1.2 billion of state bonds to build reservoirs that would store polluted water.
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A Florida panel overseeing Opa-lockas finances learned that the city is in default on $8.6 million in privately placed bank loans and acceleration of the debt is imminent.
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South Florida can expect Zika-related travel advisories to hurt tourism and related tax revenues, S&P Global Ratings said. The only question is by how much.
August 25 - Kentucky
Southeast issuers sold $37.63 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2016, a decline of 10.9% from the same period last year, even as new money deals increased.
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Lawsuits by two Florida counties challenging the $1.75 billion private activity bond award for the All Aboard Florida passenger train project can proceed, after a federal judge ruled in the counties' favor.
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Merrett Stierheim, a former south Florida public administrator, will determine if Opa-locka is solvent for the state-appointed panel overseeing the citys finances.
August 11 - Florida
HJ Sims has named Jonathan Jarow as managing director and senior vice president in its office in Boca Raton, Florida.
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Municipal bonds issued for Tennessee-based Global Ministries Foundation housing projects were placed on S&P Global Ratings' CreditWatch and could face rating downgrades because of uncertainty related to a federal investigation.
August 10 - Virginia
Petersburg, Va., and Opa-locka, Fla., turned to their respective states for help resolving serious financial problems and both are getting professional help, although no state funding.
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