Shelly Sigo

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.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Mississippi Legislature was expected to be in a special session today deciding whether to approve $50 million of bond financing and other incentives for a biofuels company.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority in northwest Florida has been notified that its guaranteed investment-contract provider wants to terminate its contract, according to authority attorney Roy Andrews.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Gilt-edged Huntsville in northern Alabama plans to price $174 million of new-money and refunding general obligation capital improvement warrants on Wednesday.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced Monday that three finalists are being considered to become general manager at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Florida Rail Enterprise, a division in the state Department of Transportation, holds public information meetings next week on the first phase of the state’s high-speed rail program, from Tampa-to-Orlando, which is estimated to cost $2.6 billion.