Shelly Sigo

In a third special session this year, the Republican-led Legislature is considering new funding to prop up the budget signed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.

The Atlanta City Council on Monday is expected to pass a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 2019.

The merger will extend Nelson Mullins' reach to the third-most populous state and expand its public finance group.

The Kentucky county’s BB general obligation bond rating was withdrawn less than a month after S&P Global Ratings downgraded the bonds seven notches.

The plan would raise power costs, but analysts say municipal utilities and energy cooperatives can absorb the increases or pass them on to customers.

State-owned utility Santee Cooper received two subpoenas that appear to focus on a secret assessment report about the foundering project.

Bills that stripped territory from Stockbridge without apportioning its debt are credit negative for Georgia local governments and could impose higher borrowing costs.

The Fayette County School District's bonds will fund improvements to handle higher enrollment and boost a science and math program.

Municipal bonds are financing a new Alabama zoo that will move hundreds of animals out of a hurricane danger zone.

With more than 100 structures closed recently due to potential safety risks, Moody's said the state’s deteriorating infrastructure is credit negative.

The Legislature approved a $22 billion budget that includes line-item funding for the state’s broadband bonds.

The Volunteer State lowered the savings threshold it requires for a refunding.

The state's ratings are at risk, Fitch Ratings says, because the budget doesn't include debt service on bonds for the high-speed Internet project.

A state bill to restructure the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority’s bonds didn't pass; one analyst said it could have violated contract laws.

With lawmakers failing to address a $1 billion budget deficit, S&P said “uncertainty about fiscal 2019 now looms over Louisiana.”

The bill would let governments invest funds in mutual, closed-end and exchange-traded funds, and high-quality corporate bonds.

Legal experts and county officials believe the online retail giant wasn’t swayed by the Alabama county’s Chapter 9 case or its ongoing appeal.

The Legislature is considering bills imposing new requirements on Florida cities and counties to increase taxes and approve bond issues.

Calling his two-year budget "difficult but honest," Gov. Matt Bevin cut most state agency budgets by 6.25% and borrowed to fund reserves.

Gov. Rick Scott has doubled the chances that voters will decide if a supermajority vote will be required for the Legislature to raise new revenue.