Shelly Sigo

It could be January before Louisiana determines how much of a fund balance is available for the next budget, state legislators learned Friday. The uncertainty is delaying state bond sales.

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings to A-plus from AA-minus on Pineville, La.'s utility revenue bonds due to "sizeable" budget transfers.

Louisiana will sell $675 million of bonds next month if a dispute over a year-end surplus clears up and ratings can be obtained.

The N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency's outlook is positive due to the pending sale of its assets to Duke Energy Progress, Moody's said.

Four years after the Sunshine state passed a law authorizing PACE project financing, billions in bonds face legal challenges before the Florida Supreme Court.

Moody's changed the outlook to positive from stable on Atlanta's Aa2 GO bond rating due to stabilized reserve levels and a return to economic growth.

Jefferson County said Friday it will appeal an Alabama federal judge's ruling that threatens investors' security in $1.8 billion of sewer warrants sold last year.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a public benefits corporation in Kentucky highlights the risks associated with such agencies, Moody's said.

An Alabama federal judge set a July 2015 trial date for two ex-JPMorgan bankers facing pay-to-play charges in Jefferson County's sewer deals and swaps.

Georgia officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday signed the paperwork enabling the state to use bond proceeds to begin long-awaited work on the $706 million Port of Savannah harbor expansion.

All Aboard Florida , the proposed private passenger train service between Miami and Orlando, has applied for a $1.75B federal private activity bond allocation.

Florida's East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility expects to enter the bond market for the first time as a new credit later this month.

An Alabama federal judge's refusal to dismiss an appeal of Jefferson County's bankruptcy plan is credit negative for sewer warrant holders, Moody's said Oct. 6.

Charlotte, N.C., will ask the Local Government Commission Tuesday to approve a $498 million debt financing plan, which includes a GO bond referendum next month.

Fitch plans to investigate how the comptroller for Florida State University's Boosters allegedly stole as much as $700,000.

S&P raised its ratings to A from A-minus on Southwest Florida International Airport bonds based on improving passenger loads and financials.

South Florida environmentalists filed suit Thursday to stop dredging of the channel to ready the PortMiami for opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled Tuesday that appeals in Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy case will go forward.

West Palm Beach, Fla., city commissioners voted Sept. 29 to create a Municipal Charter School Agency with a nine-member governing board.

Financial pressures that turned the outlook on the Woodruff Arts Center's bonds negative led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to postpone its season opening.