Shelly Sigo

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.

The Alabama Commission on Improving State Government has been appointed by Gov. Robert Bentley.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Monday said continuing revenue shortfalls will force him to make across-the-board cuts in the two spending plans that comprise the state budget — the Education Trust Fund and the general fund.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Two Florida senators, a Republican and a Democrat, filed a 281-page petition Tuesday with the state Supreme Court seeking an emergency ruling to block Gov. Rick Scott from rejecting $2.4 billion of federal funds for high-speed rail.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Alabama Education Association, its political action committee, and five individuals have filed a federal suit challenging some of the ethics reform laws passed by the state Legislature in a mid-December special session.

After meeting with Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the state another week to decide once and for all if it wants $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a high-speed rail network.

BRADENTON, Fla. — After meeting with Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the state another week to decide once and for all if it wants $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a high-speed rail network.

In an effort to reduce the size of Florida's government, Republican lawmakers want restrictive spending caps placed into the state's constitution.

BRADENTON, Fla. — It will cost an estimated $700 million to build the Atlanta Falcons the open-air stadium the National Football League team has sought for several years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Thursday told four local governments that he would not change his mind about accepting $2.4 billion of federal funds for a high-speed rail project.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Thursday told four local governments that he would not change his mind about accepting $2.4 billion of federal funds for a high-speed rail project.

The financially ailing Jackson Health System in South Florida could become the latest public nonprofit entity to be taken private despite an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry believed to be related to bond disclosure issues.

Standard & Poor's Tuesday revised its outlook to positive from stable on the A rating of Western Kentucky University's 2002 and 2003 consolidated educational buildings revenue bonds.

A statewide grand jury on public corruption said the "squandering of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for a mediocre product" saddled the Broward County School District with debt while leaving some areas of the county with overcrowded schools and others with vacancies.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission Wednesday expects to price $269.7 million of taxable notes, though the timing of the sale depends on another major taxable deal that may hit the market this week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday rejected $2.4 billion in federal funding toward the state’s $2.6 billion high-speed rail project from Orlando to Tampa before reviewing the most recent ridership and revenue study.