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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.

As a client development officer, Will Estess will sell trust services to municipalities and corporations in the Southeast.

Attorneys will argue the case April 4 over the Poinciana Community Development District's plan to buy amenities from the developer.

The project to protect environmentally sensitive areas like the Florida Everglades from toxic algae could cost close to $2 billion.

Approval of the tax reform bill led the Florida Development Finance Corp. to cancel its Monday meeting to approve a deal for the train project.

Georgia's Public Service Commission begins new hearings on the nuclear reactor project Monday.

Chairwoman Sherry Lewis and two people who work for agency contractors were arrested on embezzlement charges.

Lawmakers Monday authorized issuing the voter-approved debt, including the first sale of $800 million soon.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority says its deal pricing Tuesday could be up to $347 million.

The bonds for Florida’s Brightline train project are rated BB-minus by Fitch.

Without tax-exempt private activity bonds, charters would have to turn to more expensive and restrictive capital sources.