Shelly Sigo

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Birmingham, Ala., Water Works Board on Monday will take orders from retail investors for $133.9 million of senior revenue bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The owners of the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers plan to sell the team to a group that will move them to Canada, leaving a void at the $213 million bond-financed Philips Arena.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Less than 30 days remain before an expected payment default on the bonds issued by the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority to build the tolled 3.5-mile-long Garcon Point Bridge in northern Florida.

Fitch Ratings last week revised the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority’s outlook to negative ahead of a planned refunding.

Moody’s Investors Service said Monday that flooding in Mississippi could negatively affect municipalities dependent on gambling, a sector where revenues are already down because of the recession.

Miami-Dade County voters will head back to the polls late this month to choose a run-off candidate for mayor. Eleven candidates sought the office in last week’s special election but none surpassed the 50% threshold required to win outright.

After years of delays, the $1.8 billion, 26-mile toll road known as the Wekiva Parkway is finally getting a jump-start.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott last week signed a $69.1 billion budget into law while vetoing a record $615 million for various projects, some of which would have been funded by bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn., has filed an audit that “raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.”

BRADENTON, Fla. — Jacksonville, Fla., this week sold the first in a series of three bond deals that could total as much as $435 million within a month, depending on market conditions.

The Tennessee General Assembly ended its regular session Saturday after passing a $30.8 billion budget for fiscal 2012.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed last week tapped a former federal official to head up the city’s economic development agency.

Some of Florida’s local governments and special districts experienced deteriorating financial conditions in fiscal 2009 that have been exacerbated by a trend of adding long-term debt to their balance sheets, according an annual report released last week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Tuesday signed a $34.05 billion budget for fiscal 2012 into law.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Moody’s Investors Service Monday upgraded the Birmingham Water Works Board’s senior revenue bonds to Aa2 from Aa3 and its subordinate bonds to Aa3 from A1.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The last student graduated from Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn., on April 30.

In a special primary election Saturday, voters in West Virginia selected two of three candidates to vie for governor in the general election later this year.

Georgia in June plans to sell between $90 million and $100 million of general obligation bonds as part of the financing for a $140 million highway designed to improve truck access at the Port of Savannah.

Miami-Dade County voters will decide in a special election Tuesday who among 11 candidates will be the next mayor of Florida’s largest county.

The Jefferson County Commission will have to conduct another search for a new county manager or ask its professional search firm to suggest new candidates.