Shelly Sigo

Market experts participating in a live survey at the National Municipal Bond Summit said they believe the Federal Open Market Committee will raise interest rates three times this year.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a special master’s recommendation, largely favoring Georgia and water agencies there, in the lawsuit Florida filed against Georgia over the apportionment of water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper began his first State of the State address urging lawmakers to fully repeal a state law passed in 2016 that is seen as discriminatory toward gay and transgender people.

All Aboard Florida said it anticipates launching its Brightline-branded private passenger train service between Miami and West Palm Beach in September, following an introductory roll-out phase.

The Florida House Friday voted to abolish Enterprise Florida, the state’s business development program, and to establish strict controls over the Visit Florida tourism agency, drawing swift rebuke from Gov. Rick Scott.

For the first time in fiscal 2017, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said monthly state revenues declined in February with collections down by $70 million or 5.6% compared to February 2016.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards wants coastal protection projects added to the president's high-priority infrastructure list in order to receive expedited federal approval.

Sports industry consultant Dave Howard will lead Florida’s privately owned passenger train project as Fortress Investment Group explores expanding All Aboard Florida’s Brightline-branded service to other states.

Florida legislative leaders signaled they are out of lockstep with the governor's policies on economic development, borrowing, and state spending as their legislative session began this week.

The Glades Correctional Development Corp. in south-central Florida shorted its March 1 debt-service payment, the trustee said in a notice, as the date for a taxable bond exchange approaches due to an IRS ruling.

Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. has gone to federal court seeking the keys to Buena Vista, Virginia’s city hall and compensatory damages.

Gov. Roy Cooper received quick pushback from North Carolina’s GOP-led General Assembly to his first budget, which proposes 4.5% in more state spending in fiscal 2018 as well as expanding Medicaid.

Public finance attorneys Kenneth Pollock and Laurie Schwartz are working in Butler Snow’s Atlanta office and Jamie Garner is in the firm’s Macon office.

Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. has gone to federal court seeking the keys to Buena Vista, Virginia’s city hall and compensatory damages after the city defaulted on ACA-wrapped debt that financed a golf course.

Saying lawmakers have failed to offer alternatives to address West Virginia’s $500 million budget gap, Gov. Jim Justice revised his fiscal 2018 budget to propose new taxes on sugary sodas, cigarettes, and wealthy state residents.

Credit concerns are mounting over the financial stability of Toshiba Co., parent of the company building partly municipal bond-financed nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia.

Saying he is responding to a recent rating downgrade by Moody's Investors Service, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is seeking legislation that would allow him to furlough state employees to reduce spending.

The Louisiana Legislature ended a special session agreeing to budget cuts and using reserves to close a $304 million mid-year gap, while facing a $440.5 million shortfall in fiscal 2018 due to lower revenue estimates.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said state officials failed to address budget problems that would have staved off a downgrade of the state’s GO bond rating to Aa2 by Moody's Investors Service.

Facing the loss of millions in federal funds, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted to comply with immigration authorities' orders to hold jailed undocumented inmates regardless of the cost to the county budget.