Shelly Sigo

North Carolina's Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to price $110 million in revenue bonds in a rare competitive deal.

Georgia privately placed $26 million in bonds to finance the tolling system for a start-up express lane project south of Atlanta.

S&P cut its rating to CC from B on the Charter School of Boynton Beach, Fla.'s bonds saying there is a "virtual certainty of default."

A new Florida coalition pledges to work on municipal pension reform because it says cities face nearly $11 billion in debt from the obligations.

Moody's downgraded bonds sold by the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, Ga., to Aa3 from Aa2 due to weak reserves and declining consumption.

With little supply and investors seeking high-grade bonds, Wake County, N.C., hopes to fill some of those needs a $345 million competitive GO deal Tuesday.

A three-year delay completing new nuclear units in which the South Carolina Public Service Authority owns 45% is a credit negative for the public utility, Moody's said Thursday.

Louisville Water Co. got 11 bids for $63.2 million in advance refunding bonds that resulted in more savings than anticipated, officials said.

Southeast municipal bond issuers sold $21.78 billion of debt in the first six months of the year, a 31.4% decline driven by fewer taxable and refunding deals.

Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy sent a letter Aug. 11 telling the state attorney that he is not pleased with a federal housing discrimination settlement.

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit over the massive $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project being built by Kentucky and Indiana.

Halifax Hospital Medical Center in Florida will pay $11.9 million on top of $85 million to settle claims made by the federal government and a whistleblower.

Seven current and former Georgia lawmakers filed a lawsuit against Fulton County commissioners after they increased the property tax rate by 17.45%.

Florida forecasters say final general revenue estimates for 2014 were off by $106.7 million but current year estimates for a $1 billion increase are on track.

Tennessee won the best pricing in 15 years on $345 million of bonds this week, said Sandra Thompson, director of the Office of State and Local Finance.

A federal appellate panel Thursday ruled that North Carolina’s plan to replace the 50-year-old Bonner Bridge must be reconsidered by a lower court.

Louisville Water Co., Ky., plans to advance refund $64.3 million in bonds as analysts and traders see market conditions increasingly favor the refunding sector.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott launched "Let's Keep Florida Beautiful," a campaign platform pledging to provide $1 billion for environmental protection.

Fitch revised the rating outlook to stable from negative on $307.4 million in bonds issued for Southwest Florida International Airport because traffic levels improving.

Louisiana State Bond Commission and Department of Justice attorneys entered into a settlement of the government's housing discrimination lawsuit even though the commission's chairman claims it was not authorized by the full SBC..