Shelly Sigo

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.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a distribution plan allowing ­Jefferson County, Ala., to receive a $25 million disgorgement and civil penalty that ­JPMorgan paid into a “fair” fund to compensate harmed investors and issuers.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Mississippi expects to price this week’s largest negotiated deal with a $650.7 million taxable general obligation bond transaction that represents only its second issuance of Build America Bonds.

Gilt-edged Georgia reaped record-low interest rates on last week’s sale of $653.9 million of general obligation bonds, which were issued to fund new capital projects for K-12 public schools, higher education, public safety, and infrastructure.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed met with President Obama Monday to discuss the economic impact of infrastructure investment on states and local communities.

Fitch Ratings affirmed the BB-plus rating on Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami and revised the outlook to positive last week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The South Florida Water Management District paid $194 million in cash Tuesday for the purchase of 26,800 acres of land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration, and may use debt to buy additional acreage over the next decade.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Florida audit of a $48 million appeals court building financed with $33.5 million of bonds Tuesday listed 17 findings that “appear to be inconsistent” with Florida statutes, state operating policies, or generally acceptable internal control practices.

The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority board will work with bondholders to establish a creditors' committee in hopes of restructuring $115 million of debt for a toll bridge in northwest Florida that is headed for default next year.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Tennessee will bring its fourth deal in six weeks to market on Wednesday with the competitive sale of $213.3 million of tax-exempt general obligation bonds.

Tennessee revenues continued to show modest improvement in August, the first month of the fiscal year, with the collection of $749.3 million, which is 3% above the total in August 2009.