Shelly Sigo

Ballard Spahr has promoted public finance attorney Han Choi to be managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office.

Florida does not have capacity to issue a significant amount of new debt within policy guidelines in fiscal 2014, though financial metrics show the state's revenues have recovered better than anticipated.

The South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads has begun to lobby for an increase in the state's motor fuel tax to fund more than $50 billion in needed transportation improvements.

Standard & Poor's last week revised its outlook to negative from stable on bonds issued by Louisiana's Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 issued on behalf of East Jefferson General Hospital.

Wells Fargo Bank NA said in a market notice that it would not distribute Jan. 1 interest payments due on $18.93 million of uninsured, defaulted bonds sold for three popular Georgia charter schools.

Qualifications from 10 firms interested in providing architectural services for the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium have been submitted to the team and the Georgia World Congress Center, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Miami-Dade County is looking for partners to develop a multi-attraction entertainment destination adjoining Zoo Miami to compete with central Florida's mega-theme parks.

Aviation in North Carolina contributes about $26 billion to the state's economy, or 6% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a study.

North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell hired Kevin SigRist as the new chief investment officer for the $77 billion North Carolina Retirement Systems.

Port St. Lucie, Fla. is seeking companies interested in leasing the bond-financed building that housed the failed Digital Domain company.

Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a four-year, flexible draw-down bond program up to $675 million, in a private placement with RBC Municipal Products LLC.

Federal bankruptcy judge Thomas Bennett approved the first debt restructuring in Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy case, for $82.5 million of Ambac-wrapped lease revenue warrants.

Some state attorneys general are hailing settlements with major tobacco companies resolving a dispute over payments, but Herbert J. Sims analyst Dick Larkin believes tobacco companies may be the big winners.

Wells Fargo filed a suit for breach of contract against three suburban Atlanta charter schools that are in default on $18.93 million of uninsured bonds.

In a ruling Wednesday, the federal judge overseeing Jefferson County, Ala.'s Chapter 9 case repeatedly blamed the state of Alabama for precipitating the county's bankruptcy filing in November 2011.

Tom Howard, Kentucky's executive director of financial management, is retiring Dec. 31 after 23 years of public service.

Tennessee's comptroller has found improper purchasing practices and other questionable activities at Nashville Electric Service, which is an enterprise of Nashville and Davidson County.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., is continuing to negotiate with creditors over the disposition of $3.14 billion of defaulted sewer debt.

Kentucky's tax reform commission is recommending 54 changes to the state tax code that would generate about $659 million of new revenue annually if fully implemented.

Moody's Investors Service said that Georgia Perimeter College faces more negative credit pressure because its accreditation has been placed on warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS.