Shelly Sigo

The Federal Aviation Administration has delayed closing 149 air traffic control towers until June 15, including 14 in Florida — the largest number of facilities affected in one state.

The Florida Department of Transportation has extended the time for firms interested in the $2.1 billion managed-lanes project on Interstate 4 through Orlando to submit their qualifications.

Raymond James & Associates Inc. has hired Ted R. Fellman as a senior vice president in the firm's Nashville, Tenn., public finance office.

Nashville will sell $227.9 million of revenue bonds for water and sewer projects Wednesday, then returns to the market April 16 to sell $337.8 million of general obligation bonds.

The judge overseeing Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy set a hearing May 9 to discuss the schedule for filing a plan of adjustment. The county says it is making headway in the nation's largest Chapter 9 case.

Moody's Investors Service Thursday said that 11th-hour pension reform by the Kentucky General Assembly on the last day of its 2013 regular session is a credit positive for the Bluegrass State.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund expects to return to the municipal bond market next week to sell $2 billion of high-grade taxable bonds.

Moody's Investors Service Tuesday upgraded the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority's rating to A1 from A2.

The Mississippi Legislature is nearing agreement on a $5.7 billion general fund budget for 2014, though questions remain over Medicaid expansion.

Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on the Georgia DeKalb County Hospital Authority to negative from stable citing a decline in operating cash flow below expectations.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., on April 1 continued to suspend payment on outstanding fixed-rate general obligation warrants, relying on the insurer for the payment.

General aviation airport officials in Florida and across the country will discuss the implications of tower closings Tuesday in a conference call with the Federal Aviation Administration

Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Financial Corp. hired Janet Ricardo as vice president and senior relationship manager in the bank's North Carolina corporate trust group.

Kentucky lawmakers approved reforms to the state pension system that address billions in unfunded liabilities that contributed to rating downgrades.

Standard & Poor's Monday revised the outlook to stable from negative on Osceola County, Fla.'s general obligation bonds.

Alabama Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham said he will sponsor legislation to re-institute an occupational tax for bankrupt Jefferson County.

Moody's said that $2.7 billion of bonds issued by the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia could be downgraded if costs and delays on the Vogtle nuclear plant escalate beyond those known so far.

Florida's Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority has scheduled a meeting April 10 but a resolution to the agency's ongoing default on $131.2 million of bonds is not expected to be on the agenda.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the rating on bonds sold for Wake Forest Baptist, N.C., to A1 from Aa3 on Wednesday citing an unexpected decline in financial performance. The action affects $597.2 million of outstanding bonds.

A bill strengthening financial reporting requirements for Kentucky's 1,200 special taxing districts is headed to the desk of Gov. Steve Beshear.