Shelly Sigo

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Baker Correctional Development Corp. in Florida’s panhandle notified bondholders Monday that it entered a forbearance agreement for principal payments due to start next month on $45 million of unrated bonds sold in 2008.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A convergence of factors is pushing bond issuance costs up this year — including fallout from the “headline risk” associated with predictions of increased municipal bankruptcy, local officials from across Florida learned Friday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida school districts and local governments should brace for impacts from state budget cuts that could be more than $3.5 billion, according to elected and financial officials at a seminar Friday in Orlando.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A one-year extension to sell Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds by Congress will allow Louisiana to review applications for its $300.83 million of remaining capacity, the State Bond Commission learned Thursday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The first team in the National Football League to play in a privately financed stadium now wants as much as $225 million of public funds to bring its 24-year-old facility up to “world-class” ­standards.

BRADENTON, Fla. — North Florida’s Mid-Bay Bridge Authority expects to price $170 million of new and refunding springing-lien revenue bonds Thursday.

The Miami-Dade County Commission has set March 15 for a recall election in which voters can choose to keep, or eject, Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas.

Alabama’s new governor was sworn into office on Monday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — On his third day in office, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal unveiled a $37.54 billion budget for fiscal 2012 that recommends $563 million of bonds and a four-year plan to borrow $300 million for reservoirs.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. has hired Euriah Bennett as a senior vice president in the firm’s public finance group in New York City.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority in the Florida Panhandle made its January debt-service payment, but its July payment is in doubt and most board members overseeing the credit have now resigned.

Revenue supporting Kentucky’s general fund rose 7.1% in December compared to the same month a year ago, an increase of $55.9 million.

Miami-Dade County commissioners are expected to decide Thursday if one or two elections should be held to reconsider whether Carlos Alvarez should continue as county mayor and whether Natacha Seijas should remain a commissioner.

Collier County commissioners decided Tuesday to withdraw a petition seeking the validation of up to $130 million of revenue bonds to lure a genetics research institute to the southwest Florida area, according to the Naples News.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Though inaugural festivities were curtailed by a major winter storm blowing through the Deep South, Nathan Deal was sworn in Monday as the 82nd governor of triple-A rated Georgia.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A $500 million cost-cutting proposal for the $4.1 billion Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project could result in a review of federal approvals for the mega-project, a Kentucky transportation spokesman said.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority in Florida will use the proceeds from $750 million of short-term, tax-exempt revenue bonds to provide initial financing for one of the first state-of-the-art waste-to-energy facilities to be built in the U.S. in many years.

Mississippi lawmakers approved a $75 million bond bill in one of the first acts Tuesday in the opening session of the Legislature and sent it to the governor.

Atlanta is calling on area volunteers to help maintain the city’s $2.8 billion BeltLine redevelopment project, which is to be partly funded through the issuance of bonds.

Following his swearing-in Tuesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott gave an inauguration speech that focused on private businesses as the backbone of the state’s economy and prosperity, creating jobs, and cutting government regulations.