Shelly Sigo

Jefferson County, Ala., said it has not used sewer system revenues for unauthorized expenses as alleged by the trustee for the county's $3.14 billion of defaulted sewer warrants.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Bank of New York Mellon on Friday filed a complaint for declaratory judgment alleging that Jefferson County, Ala., has misused sewer system revenues that otherwise would go to pay debt service.

Florida's auditor general found increasing financial stress among cities, counties and special districts after reviewing hundreds of audits and financial statements filed in fiscal 2010.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Syncora Guarantee Inc. on Thursday joined a dozen creditors seeking to appeal various rulings by the federal judge in Alabama overseeing Jefferson County's bankruptcy case.

For a second year, Georgia is poised to eclipse Florida in authorizing new-money bonds in their state budgets.

North Carolina’s first female governor will not seek a second term.

Kentucky has begun the search for contractors interested in designing and building its portion of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.

Voters in the small town of Fort Myers Beach on Florida’s southwest coast overwhelmingly rejected bonds for a new city hall Tuesday, with 87% voting against the sale of $7 million of 30-year general obligation bonds secured by property taxes.

Houston Astros owner James Crane won part of his request for federal bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett to limit Jefferson County, Ala.’s access to his lawsuit against JPMorgan.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A libertarian think tank is disputing the savings that might occur if two high-profile Florida expressway authorities are partially consolidated with the state-run Turnpike Enterprise.

JPMorgan and Houston Astros owner James Crane are fighting an Alabama bankruptcy judge's order to open Crane's confidential settlement with the bank over $35 million of Jefferson County's defaulted auction-rate sewer warrants.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is proposing to fund his state's half of the massive $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project with federal funds and toll revenue bonds over the next six years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Ballard Spahr LLP has added its first public finance attorney to the law firm's Atlanta office.

The West Virginia Legislature is considering a plan to ask voters to approve $1 billion of bonds for state road projects, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.

The Virginia Department of Transportation and the office of transportation public-private partnerships have released a request for information to develop a procurement strategy for the state’s five transportation operations centers.

During his first state of the state address Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said his goals include implementing education and budget reforms, economic development initiatives, and workforce development.

In response to changing economic dynamics and untapped business opportunities, Invest Atlanta is the new identity of the city’s Atlanta Development Authority, Mayor Kasim Reed said during last week’s state of the city address.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., is once again suffering from an assault by Mother Nature as tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the county, killing several people and injuring dozens this weekend and into early Monday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The PFM Group has hired a veteran municipal finance professional in Virginia to open the firm's new office in Richmond.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has ordered an investigation of the state's 1,618 special districts, some of which have defaulted on billions of dollars in municipal bonds.