Shelly Sigo

BRADENTON, Fla. — Sarasota and two counties on Florida’s southwest coast plan to take advantage of federally subsidized economic recovery zone and Build America Bonds when they issue more than $100 million of debt for the spring-training facilities of two Major League Baseball teams.

Moody’s Investors Service on Friday placed a negative outlook on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s long-term rated debt.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday appointed Louis Miller as the new general manager at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

A recent firestorm over the leaking of several Major League Baseball team audited financial statements prompted South Florida elected officials to say they were misled in negotiations with the Florida Marlins for a $642 million bond-financed stadium, which is under construction and due to open in 2012.

BRADENTON, Fla. — When the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia sold $2.66 billion of bonds in March for the first U.S. nuclear power project in nearly three decades, it faced a challenge. With interest rates so low and the financial markets so uncertain, how would it invest such a huge portfolio of bond proceeds before it needed to draw funds to pay for its share of two new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle near Augusta?

BRADENTON, Fla. — Orange County, Fla., will competitively price $148 million of tourist-development tax refunding revenue bonds Tuesday as tax collections appear to be stabilizing from recessionary lows last year.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Nashville has approved a pre-development agreement with a private partner to finance and build an 800-room hotel across the street from Music City Center, a new convention center under construction near downtown.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is revising the process by which it will seek a developer for a new multi-modal passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta.

Atlanta announced Tuesday that Department of Watershed Management commissioner Rob Hunter will resign.

Florida’s top lawmakers have decided there are no urgent issues with regard to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that necessitate convening another special session of the Legislature.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Alabama Circuit Court Judge Albert Johnson ruled Tuesday that he would appoint a receiver to take over Jefferson County’s sewer system, which is saddled with nearly $3.2 billion of variable- and auction-rate warrants.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Alabama Circuit Court Judge Albert Johnson ruled Tuesday that he would appoint a receiver for Jefferson County’s sewer system, which is saddled with nearly $3.2 billion of variable- and auction-rate warrants.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Fraternal Order of Police has filed a suit against Miami asking a judge to invoke a process that would essentially place the city’s finances under state control once again.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, easily won the party nomination for a U.S. Senate seat Saturday with more than 73% of the votes cast in the primary.

Kentucky’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.9% in July from 10.8% a year earlier.

Standard & Poor’s lowered its rating to BB-plus from BBB-minus on bonds issued by the Chatham County Hospital Authority on behalf of Memorial Health University Medical Center Inc.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has ordered a comprehensive audit of funds spent by the state to build a new $40 million courthouse for the First District Court of Appeals.

The Florida Division of Bond Finance received approval to sell $683 million of refunding bonds from the state’s elected Cabinet last week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta announced a lease agreement with airlines Tuesday that should enable the city to move forward with a long-awaited financing for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Tennessee State School Bond Authority plans to competitively sell $245 million of tax-exempt and taxable higher education revenue bonds Wednesday.