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Kentucky legislators are expected to focus on keeping promises to the state’s retirees as they manage massive pension burdens and attempt to protect the state's credit ratings next year.

Standard & Poor's dropped Georgia's Oconee Regional Medical Center further into junk territory citing default as a "virtual certainty."

A decision by the Kentucky Supreme Court to not review a lower court decision allowing library districts to assess property taxes is a credit positive, said Moody's Investors Service.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed a two-year budget for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 that includes a total of $2.84 billion in bond financing.

Louisiana will use a short-term borrowing strategy to avoid disclosure requirements that would be challenging in the midst of a gubernatorial transition.

All Aboard Florida says it remains on track to offer private passenger train service in 2017 even though it was unable to issue $1.75 billion of private activity bonds amid turmoil in the high-yield market.

The credit outlook on Paducah Power, Ky., returned to stable from negative after implementing a recovery plan and stronger performance at the Prairie State Energy Campus, Fitch Ratings said.

An Alabama court struck down a state law that would have allowed Jefferson County to return to the bond market.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alan C. Stout likely will determine in January if Hillview should be the first municipality in Kentucky to qualify for Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The way Louisiana addressed a $487 million mid-year deficit with one-time budget cuts exacerbates credit pressures facing the state, Moody's Investors Service said.

Georgia expects to save $421 million reconstructing a critical intersection in Atlanta by entering into a public-private partnership with North Perimeter Contractors.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he will include $2.43 billion of bonds in his budget proposal for fiscal 2017 to finance capital projects.

Florida legislators will consider another record state budget, $1 billion in proposed tax cuts, and a new tribal gambling compact as they gear up for an early session starting Jan. 12.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded three of Jefferson County, Ala.’s credits three notches to investment grade citing improved financials and the expanding local economy.

Recent actions by Louisiana lawmakers to close a nearly $500 million budget deficit, amid uncertainties that may lead the state to privately place its next borrowing, could to pressure on the state’s credit ratings, according to Fitch Ratings.

An Alabama federal judge entered judgments approving settlements in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s cases against former JPMorgan bankers Douglas MacFaddin and Charles LeCroy, who were accused of wrongdoing in the Jefferson County, Ala. sewer financings.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alan C. Stout will decide after hearings on Dec. 9 and 10 whether Hillview, Ky., is eligible to proceed with its bankruptcy petition.

Two former JPMorgan bankers have agreed not to violate securities laws and to repay money they made while working on transactions involving Jefferson County, Ala., Securities and Exchange Commission documents said Tuesday.

Louisville Water Co., Ky., plans to competitively price $127 million of new money revenue bonds Wednesday to finance capital needs.

In just six months, the new Municipal Finance Group at Bonwick Capital Partners LLC has been selected as senior manager on five transactions totaling more than $150 million.