Shelly Sigo

North Carolina has cleared the first of two legal challenges over a $215.8 million project to replace the aging Bonner Bridge in the state’s Outer Banks.

Jennifer Montero will be the new chief financial officer of Florida's state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and John Rollins will be the new chief risk officer.

Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy attorney said a report by Moody's showing that the county's bondholders will have lower recoveries than the county anticipates is "unfair."

Florida's economists project that the state will have a windfall of $845.7 million to spend in 2015, and Gov. Rick Scott wants to spend $500 million on tax cuts.

Columbia, S.C., has promised to spend more than $750 million to settle federal charges related to contaminating local waters with untreated sewage.

Kentucky and Indiana officials set the base toll rates that drivers will pay on the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project at a special meeting Sept. 11.

The Kentucky Turnpike Authority expects to price $186.85 million of new road revenue bonds this week.

A regional commission to operate Charlotte-Douglas International Airport is being appointed while the FAA is determining if the panel can hold the airport’s operating license.

The Florida Department of Transportation is seeking proposals from investors and developers to finance, design, and build the state's first privately operated tolled expressway.

S&P has junked the rating of Florida's Learning Gate Community School to BB citing liquidity and operating performance at the long-time charter school.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's blue ribbon commission on highways in West Virginia is considering a $1 billion transportation bond program.

Richland County, S.C., voters will vote in November to decide whether to impose a new property tax to bond-finance build and expand existing libraries.

The Miami-Dade County Commission wants the Justice department to dismiss its antitrust suit to block the merger of US Airways and American Airlines.

A panel Thursday postponed setting tolls for the Kentucky, Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, and the delay could affect Kentucky’s bond sale later this year.

Kentucky and Indiana will set tolls for the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project, which will support Kentucky bonds selling this year.

Alabama got $88 million more in bonuses for its Children's Health Insurance Program than allowed, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general said.

Georgia plans to remove tolls on the busy Georgia 400 on Nov. 21 and make the an early, final bond payment Dec. 1.

Calvin Grigsby is protesting Jefferson County, Ala.'s proposal to reject a claim for $1.63 billion in the county's bankruptcy case.

North Carolina will be open for public-private partnerships at all levels of government by mid-September thanks to an act passed earlier this year and signed by the governor.

Florida’s Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority will seek a new director after a flap between board members about decisions, including the resignation of the CFO.