Shelly Sigo

Georgia realized net tax collections of $1.39 billion in August for an increase of $47 million or 3.5% compared to August 2013, according to Gov. Nathan Deal.

An Alabama federal rejected ex-JPMorgan bankers' motions to dismiss the pay-to-play case against them involving Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer deals and swaps.

The consortium fronted by Sweden's Skanska that is building the $2.3 billion Interstate 4 project in central Florida says it has reached financial close on the concession and loans.

Miami-Dade County will ask voters to approve $393 million in general obligation bonds to replace the county's 90-year-old civil courthouse.

As funding declines for road services, North Carolina has decided to allow private sponsors to pay for programs in return for advertising benefits.

Two ex-JPMorgan bankers seek to revise their statements in an SEC case about the sale of Jefferson County, Ala.’s sewer debt, now that a key player has been deposed.

Port St. Lucie, Fla., plans to issue new, long-term debt and use the proceeds to take out bonds issued for the bankrupt Digital Domain special effects studio project.

Fitch downgraded Florida's Pensacola International Airport bonds to BBB-minus from BBB primarily due to "financial underperformance" and airline consolidation risk.

S&P lowered its underlying rating to A from A-plus on West Virginia University's bonds citing deteriorating financial ratios because of bond issuances in recent years.

Eleven months after the close of fiscal 2013, Jefferson County, Ala.'s audit sheds little light on the county's financial condition since emerging from bankruptcy.

Lake Worth, Fla., voters refused to OK $63.5 million in GO bonds on the Aug. 26 ballot, but other bond referendums are set for November.

Former Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority board member Scott Batterson was found guilty of bribery in a case that highlighted authority business, including bond discussions, being done in a backroom fashion despite state “sunshine” laws.

Opponents of bond financing for the Atlanta Braves new $672 million baseball stadium have filed notices of three appeals by the court's deadline.

The consortium building the $2.3 billion Interstate 4 project in central Florida says bank and federal loans are cheaper than bonds for the state's largest public-private partnership project.

Atlanta-based IFS Securities hired former New York Gov. David Paterson as chief strategist of U.S. affairs and chairman of the firm's advisory board.

The Louisiana Transportation Funding Task Force holds its first meeting Sept. 10 to begin studying new ways of funding road and bridge projects.

Miami-Dade County commissioners will consider placing a $540 million bond issue on the November ballot to build a new courthouse.

The terms of a loan turned the outlook on Florida Gulf Coast University's debt to negative, and could result in a rating downgrade of two notches, Standard & Poor's said.

A long-awaited report that recommends West Virginia issue $1.5 billion in bonds to fund transportation projects will be released in September.

Florida's government pensions generally don't drive negative credit pressure partly because of the flexibility to change benefits prospectively, Moody's said.