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Florida's Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority will make its first venture into the bond market as a standalone credit next week with $454.8 million of new and refunding bonds.

Standard & Poor's bumped Orange County, N.C.'s general obligation rating up a notch to gilt-edge AAA.

A preliminary state audit of Hollywood, Fla.'s finances shows troubling past management practices, and unaddressed high pension costs.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has accepted an amicus brief from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in appeals of various municipal bond rulings in Jefferson County, Ala.'s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case.

Standard & Poor's affirmed its BBB rating on Miami's general obligation bonds and its BBB-minus rating on the city's non-ad valorem and limited-tax debt. The outlook is negative.

Alabama prices $340 million of new Garvee bonds Wednesday as part of Gov. Robert Bentley's Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program.

Audits of Tennessee’s 95 counties show that many are managing resources well through difficult economic times, though some local governments continue to struggle financially.

Miami sells $50 million of revenue bonds next week to qualified investors to refinance a loan used to pay a portion of building underwater tunnels to the Port of Miami.

Tennessee sold $170.5 million of general obligation bonds on Nov. 14 at the lowest overall interest rates in more than 40 years, state officials said.

Kentucky has chosen Walsh Construction Co. to build the so-called “downtown crossing,” Kentucky’s share of the massive Ohio River Bridges Project.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will seek an additional $50 million in funding for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

George K. Baum & Co. hired David Adams as a senior vice president to open the firm's Southeast public finance office in Charlotte, N.C.

Miami-Dade County hopes retail investors will take interest in a $790.05 million offering this week to refund bonds sold for Miami International Airport.

Jacksonville, Fla., prices $245 million of refunding bonds on Thursday in search of big savings from low interest rates that provide opportunities for budgetary relief and portfolio restructuring.

West Virginia voters kept Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, in office to serve a full four-year term.

North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory is calling for a 25-year transportation and infrastructure plan after leading a GOP sweep of the governorship and the Legislature.

The Miami-Dade County Commission last week made an exception in procurement regulations and added Drexel Hamilton LLC to the county’s qualified pool of underwriters.

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. filed a motion seeking relief in Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy case saying the county proposed minimal sewer rate increases that may not support the outstanding $3.1 billion of debt.

Standard & Poor’s upgraded to AA from BBB bonds of the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority, Ala. after it determined there would be no impact from Jefferson County’s bankruptcy filing.

Election results are being challenged in Richland County, S.C., where voters apparently approved a $450 million bond authorization.