Shelly Sigo

Atlanta may bring its next airport bond issue to market sooner than anticipated because of widespread investor interest in last week's successful sale of $588 million for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, officials said.

A new county commission in Jefferson County, Ala., will be seated Wednesday and is entrusted with resolving the continuing saga of how to deal with nearly $3.2 billion of variable- and auction-rate sewer warrants.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Defaults by some Florida community development districts that sold “dirt bonds” to finance infrastructure improvements for residential and commercial real estate projects continued Monday as debt-service payments came due.

Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday removed $460 million of mortgage revenue bonds issued in 15 separate series by the Mississippi Home Corp. from watch for possible downgrade.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue was among eight state and local government officials around the country named Governing’s 2010 Public Officials of the Year.

Moody’s Investors Service on Monday upgraded to Aa2 from A1 the Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority’s Series 2007A and B revenue bonds sold to make repairs and improvements at the Atlanta Zoo and to refinance outstanding debt.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The newly created Florida Education Investment Trust Fund has hired PFM Asset Management LLC as its investment adviser.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta this week will bring to market nearly $600 million of bonds for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the facility’s first long-term fixed-rate financing in six years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Standard & Poor’s Thursday changed its outlook on the A rating it assigns to Atlanta’s general obligation bonds and other credits to negative from stable, citing concerns about the city’s weak liquidity and internal fund borrowing practices.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the validation of $29 million of bonds that Sarasota and Sarasota County want to sell to renovate the spring training ­facilities of Major League Baseball’s ­Baltimore Orioles.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Like other cities ­dealing with congestion, Atlanta has been searching for ways to move people around downtown without building new roads or ­adding more vehicles.

Voters will be asked Tuesday to give the Georgia Department of Transportation the flexibility to enter into multi-year construction agreements.

Triple-A Palm Beach County plans to establish what is believed to be its first underwriting pool of qualified investment banking firms to serve as senior managers and co-managers for negotiated bond sales and other financial transactions.

The Birmingham City Council increased the lodging tax rate on Tuesday to support bond financing of a minor league ballpark and related facilities.

Alabama voters Tuesday will be asked whether they want to spend $1 billion over 10 years for a pay-as-you-go transportation program.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority expects to sell $280 million of tax-exempt bonds Tuesday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission is selling $315 million of revenue bonds next week, with most of the deal structured as taxable Build America Bonds.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Atlanta and 23 other communities would receive a grant under the Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s advisory board Tuesday certified that its potential claims-paying obligation for the final half of the year is $18.77 billion, of which $9.36 billion could be raised through municipal bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Birmingham, Ala., City Council approved the sale of up to $75 million of revenue bonds Tuesday for the construction of a 300-room Westin Hotel and creation of a downtown restaurant and entertainment district near the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center.