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Louisiana’s GOP-led Legislature wants severe cuts to balance the state budget instead of state tax reform.

The outlook on Mississippi’s AA S&P rating was revised to negative.

The Georgia and South Carolina owners of nuclear units being built by bankrupt Westinghouse diverged on legal approaches.

Louisiana will pre pay revenue anticipation notes due to a pick-up in revenue collections.

Atlanta’s $226.2 million water and wastewater refunding deal received $634.7 million in orders.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott asked Ben Watkins to help convince the Legislature that tourism funding supports state and local ratings.

Madison County, Mississippi told appeals court judges Assured Guaranty is wrongly interpreting a debt service contribution agreement.

Virginia’s budget imbalance stemming from soft revenue growth and spending down its savings led S&P Global Ratings to revise the outlook to negative on the state’s AAA general obligation rating.

The Westinghouse bankruptcy could have a material impact on the South Carolina Public Service Authority.

Spreads widened on bonds for new nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia.

A bill that passed the Florida Senate would authorize bonds to fight algae blooms.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice likened the fiscal 2018 budget passed by the legislature to a “death certificate,” as he vetoed the spending plan.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in Florida posted a $27 million loss in 2016 stemming from what it calls abusive “assignment of benefit” claims and litigation, which are being reviewed by the Legislature.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and resigned late Monday, followed by Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey's swearing in as the state’s 54th chief executive.

Impeachment proceedings began Monday against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley by the House Judiciary Committee, after the state’s high court ruled that hearings could proceed.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP hiring public finance veteran Matt Nichols.

The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause to believe Gov. Robert Bentley violated ethics and campaign finance laws.

In the hunt for new revenue, two Southeast governors made proposals that could signal the revival of a taxing mechanism that was widespread in the pre-World War II era.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association said Tuesday that its games can return to the Tar Heel State after the recent repeal of a law seen as discriminatory to gays and transgender people.

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia said the bankruptcy of Westinghouse, supplier of new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle for which it has issued billions of bonds, could have a material impact on its financial condition.