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Some investors holding millions of dollars of bonds in default in the Florida panhandle are upset by what they see as inaction by trustee Bank of Oklahoma Financial and a fired employee with links to accused fraudster Christopher Brogdon.
March 29 - Florida
Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have created an independent authority to take over Gainesville Regional Utilities.
March 29 - Florida
Gov. Rick Scott signed the Utility Cost Containment Bond Act into law.
March 29 - Florida
A Florida bill that an industry association believes could increase borrowing costs for Gainesville Regional Utilities has been sent to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature.
March 23 - Florida
Gov. Rick Scott signed the $82.3 billion budget for 2017 law late Thursday night, vetoing $256 million in line-item expenses sought by the Legislature.
March 21 -
The collapse of the Port St. Lucie, Fla.-based Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute prompted Moody's Investors Service to review the citys bond ratings for possible downgrade.
March 15 - Florida
House Bill 347 received final passage Thursday in the Florida senate allowing certain entities to issue securitized bonds to finance water and sewer projects.
March 11 - Florida
For the first time in five years, Florida lawmakers have included bond financing for school projects in their proposed $82.35 billion budget for fiscal 2017.
March 10 - Kentucky
Local and state government leaders are tapping sales taxes for new revenue to help close budget gaps, pay for infrastructure, fund pension liabilities, and finance basics such as teachers raises.
March 9 -
The trustee for Port St. Lucie, Fla.s $64 million of bonds to finance the defunct Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute questioned whether the city will honor its guarantee to pay debt service, although the city attorney said it will make good on the promise.
March 4