Shelly Sigo

Recent negative outlooks and downgrades of Miami-Dade County's bonds have led County Commissioner Juan Zapata to seek revised budget policies that consider ratings impacts.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday tapped Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera to become his lieutenant governor.

The North Carolina State Employees Association filed a public records request to investigate the $83 billion Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.

New Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine wants to dismantle a $1.2 billion mixed-use development that includes renovating the city's aged convention center.

Moody's Investors Service withdrew its Ca ratings on Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer warrants as a result of the county's exit from bankruptcy.

Jefferson County's exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy sparked interest in general obligation bondholder protections in Alabama, Moody's Investors Service said.

A bill abolishing the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority and replacing it with a regional the toll-road agency cleared a Florida Senate Committee.

Central Florida's Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority selected state Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, to be the agency's new director.

The developer of Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park Resort in Roanoke, W. Va., says plans for new lodging will help pay defaulted municipal bonds issued for the project.

A suit before the Florida Supreme Court seeks an order compelling Gov. Rick Scott to appoint a lieutenant governor. The position's been vacant for nearly 10 months.

In his second-term inauguration Jan. 6, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said voters in 2015 will be asked to approve up to $250 million in bonds for infrastructure.

One of two appeals of Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy plan of adjustment will be dropped.

Two Alabama lawmakers' plan to co-sponsor bills altering the governance structure of the Birmingham Water Works Board is being opposed by local leaders.

A Florida judge says Jacksonville violated the state's open meeting law when collective bargaining over pensions was done in private.

Louisville, Ky., holds public workshops Jan. 13-17 for its strategic multi-model transportation planning effort known as "Move Louisville."

Reduced federal funding prompts Kentucky and Ohio to consider using a P3 to build the $3.57 billion Brent Spence Bridge Project between Kentucky and Cincinnati.

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings to A from A-plus on the Alabama Public Housing Finance Corp.'s 2003B bonds citing reduced federal funding.

Jefferson County, Ala., is out of municipal bankruptcy but appeals of the bankruptcy plan and criminal prosecutions will keep the county in the spotlight.

Important decisions lie ahead in the New Year for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority in central Florida, including hiring a new director.

Louisville, Ky.'s KFC Yum! Center sports arena suffered a blow when Standard & Poor's dropped its investment-grade ratings on the arena's bonds to BB.