Shelly Sigo

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.

Florida and New York on Tuesday tied for the highest amount, $700 million each, in the second round of federal funding for the Race to the Top competition. Georgia and North Carolina each won $400 million in the education reform program.

Public, private, nonprofit and academic leaders from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi today will launch a new initiative called the “Gulf Coast Economy: Ready 4 Takeoff Coalition.”

Confronted with a continuing drop in revenues, Gov. Bob Riley tapped Alabama’s rainy-day account for $123.8 million to stave off additional general fund spending cuts earlier this month. State agencies were already ordered to make 12% across-the-board cuts on April 30.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Miami-Dade County is completing the sale of $217 million of transit sales-tax revenue bonds today for institutional investors.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Securities and Exchange Commission is recommending that Jefferson County, Ala., receive a $25 million disgorgement and civil penalty that JPMorgan paid into an SEC “fair fund” designed to compensate harmed investors and issuers.