Shelly Sigo

BRADENTON, Fla. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam proposed a $32 billion spending plan for fiscal 2012 that is down 5.6% from the current year and largely reflects a 14.7% drop in federal funds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — As Miami-Dade County prepares for a $361 million general obligation bond sale near the end of the month, Florida’s largest county is undergoing a top-down shake-up of government.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Alabama Supreme Court Wednesday struck down an occupational tax that provided one-third of Jefferson County’s general fund revenues, potentially setting the stage for the county to file for the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced Monday that it selected a development team that includes Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc. and Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises Inc. to negotiate a contract to become the master developer of a multi-modal passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that he will not make a decision about moving forward with the $1.2 billion SunRail project until July despite the fact that the project had been approved by the Legislature.

Officials from Orlando, surrounding Orange County, and other funding partners of central Florida’s $425 million performing arts center project have named a new oversight committee that has begun searching for a new company to move the construction of the facility ahead.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Four Florida cities that tried to take control of the planned high-speed rail project from Tampa to Orlando will be allowed to apply for the $2.4 billion of federal funds that Gov. Rick Scott has rejected for the plan, according to Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Tuesday will take up the final reading of a resolution that could place restrictive spending measures into the state’s constitution.

BRADENTON, Fla. — With severe restrictions pending on how Georgia obtains its drinking water, a state senator wants to give local governments the option of financing water-related infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships.

The Kentucky Legislature could be headed for another year struggling to adopt a budget before adjournment.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider the appeals of former Jefferson County commissioner Chris McNair and several contractors who were convicted on bribery charges related to the county’s sewer system.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Kutak Rock LLP has added Charles Shimer and George Scruggs as of counsel in the firm’s Richmond, Va., office.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Friday rejected, once and for all, $2.4 billion of federal funds for a high-speed rail project as the state Supreme Court unanimously refused to overturn his decision.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court Friday refused to overturn Gov. Rick Scott’s decision not to accept $2.4 billion in federal funds for high-speed rail.

BRADENTON, Fla. — In an effort to convince Gov. Rick Scott that Florida’s high-speed rail project is viable and as risk-free to taxpayers as possible, mayors and prominent business groups said Thursday that a proposal is on the table that answers Scott’s concerns.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott told the Florida Supreme Court in a brief Wednesday that the decision to reject federal funds for high-speed rail rests with him and a petition to overturn his decision has come from “state senators whose policy preferences have not prevailed in the political process.”

BRADENTON, Fla. — The economy as well as oversight and contractual problems have delayed Orlando’s effort to build a $425 million state-of-the-art performing arts center.

Early voting began Monday in the recall election of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas.

Standard & Poor’s Tuesday raised its long-term rating to AA-plus from AA on the Columbus Airport Commission’s lease revenue bonds. The outlook is stable.

Gov. Rick Scott Monday announced that Gray Swoope will be the president of Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private partnership program for economic development. He will be leaving his current job as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority.