Shelly Sigo

Sean E. Ekiert has joined Raymond James as a managing director in Richmond, Va.

Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer debt deal Tuesday may help it exit the country's largest municipal bankruptcy but it could leave several unresolved legal issues important to the municipal bond market.

The watchdog group Common Cause Georgia is requesting that Atlanta schedule a referendum on public financing for the Falcons' $1 billion new stadium.

The Miami-Dade County commission gave final approval for an overall $4.24 billion bond program to finance the cost of water and sewer improvements.

Creditors are asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal in Atlanta whether a bankruptcy judge can remove a state-court appointed receiver. Jefferson County is appealing the judge's ruling on the use of sewer system revenues during bankruptcy.

Larry Langford, who orchestrated Jefferson County's failed sewer financings, refuted reports of his death but said he is quite sick and has been denied a request for early release from prison.

Jefferson County, Ala., approved a plan with JPMorgan, bond insurers and seven hedge funds holding $2.4 billion of sewer warrants that could help the county exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The Kentucky State Property & Buildings Commission Tuesday prices $144.4 million of revenue bonds for retail investors with institutional sales to follow.

Jefferson County, Ala., has a busy week ahead with major court hearings on the county's Chapter 9 exit plan and motions to dismiss a suit claiming the county's sewer swaps are invalid.

Kentucky's McCracken County School District, with the help of an extraordinary call provision, is refunding its Build America Bonds to avoid a budget pinch because of the reduced federal subsidy.

With two rating upgrades, Orange County, Fla., will sell $40.2 million of public service tax refunding revenue bonds competitively on Tuesday.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has filed a $300 million capital spending plan for fiscal year 2014, which is eventually expected to be bond-financed.

As Tennessee's long-time debt manager retires, Mary-Margaret Collier says she is preoccupied by the prospect that bonds could lose their tax exemption.

The Federal Highway Administration has given final environmental approval to Georgia's $1 billion Northwest Corridor project paving the way for work the 30-mile congestion reliever for the Atlanta region.

Miami Beach is participating in the two-year RE.invest Initiative funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help the city rethink the way it designs, plans, implements, and finances infrastructure.

Florida municipalities experienced a "slight improvement" in their overall financial state, and could budget reserves for emergencies now, the Florida League of Cities said.

The Tuomey Healthcare System in South Carolina Tuesday notified investors that S&P downgraded its bonds to BB because of a federal court ruling that could render it insolvent.

The Georgia Institute of Technology's recent announcement that it will offer the first low-cost online master's degree in computer science is a credit positive, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Miami-Dade County's proposed $12.6 billion water and sewer system capital plan is already attracting firms interested in public-private partnerships, Mayor Carlos Gimenez said.

The Virginia Department of Transportation begins a series of meetings to take public comment on the draft six-year work program being considered by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.