Florida

Florida's latest debt affordability report shows that new bond capacity is available largely because of growth in revenues

An investigation of Florida's Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority prompted the board Wednesday to reduce the terms of a contract offer to the new executive director.

Florida conservation groups have obtained enough signatures on petitions to ask voters to approve funding and bond financing to purchase environmentally sensitive lands.

After years developing a public-private partnership for a $1 billion Miami Beach Convention Center hotel and entertainment district, city commissioners called off the deal.

Recent negative outlooks and downgrades of Miami-Dade County's bonds have led County Commissioner Juan Zapata to seek revised budget policies that consider ratings impacts.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday tapped Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera to become his lieutenant governor.

New Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine wants to dismantle a $1.2 billion mixed-use development that includes renovating the city's aged convention center.

A bill abolishing the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority and replacing it with a regional the toll-road agency cleared a Florida Senate Committee.

Central Florida's Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority selected state Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, to be the agency's new director.

A suit before the Florida Supreme Court seeks an order compelling Gov. Rick Scott to appoint a lieutenant governor. The position's been vacant for nearly 10 months.

A Florida judge says Jacksonville violated the state's open meeting law when collective bargaining over pensions was done in private.

Important decisions lie ahead in the New Year for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority in central Florida, including hiring a new director.

A federal judge has ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against Miami, Fla. and its former budget director can continue in civil court, denying both defendants' motions to dismiss.

Hollywood, Fla.'s plan to sell $37 million of taxable bonds in January for a Margaritaville Resort that will help make Jimmy Buffett's Parrothead fans happy.

Standard & Poor's raised Broward County, Fla.'s GO bond rating to AAA based on the county's strong economy and "very strong" budget profile.

Miami-Dade County will help former soccer star David Beckham and his investors search for a stadium in hopes of getting a Major League Soccer franchise.

With Florida's economy on the upswing, Gov. Rick Scott wants to lower most motor vehicle taxes and fees hiked during the downturn to support the budget.

A Jacksonville, Fla., task force rejected using up to $1 billion of pension obligation bonds to help alleviate the city’s $1.68 billion of unfunded police and fire obligations.

Florida's economists again upped their forecast of revenues the state can expect in fiscal 2015 bolstering Gov. Rick Scott's plan to recommend $500 million of cuts in taxes and fees.

The new position on political subdivisions that the Internal Revenue Service has taken in a bond-related tax dispute with a community development district in Florida has had a "chilling effect" on the issuance of such bonds and has hurt existing bond issues, bond lawyers are warning.