Florida

The pact may generate up to $2.5 billion in revenue for the state in the next five years and $6 billion through 2030.

In the Southeast, almost $71 billion of American Relief Plan funds will be dispersed to state and local governments.

The state’s unemployment rate has remained below the national rate for eight months in a row and has fallen by 0.2% over the year.

The state says the Centers for Disease Control's anti-COVID-19 safety protocols for the cruise ship industry are illegally burdensome and exceed its authority.

The deal arrives with a boost from Fitch Ratings, which revised its outlook on the enterprise to positive from stable.

Crumbaker has experience representing bondholders and corporate trust companies in cases related to distressed or defaulted high-yield tax-exempt bonds.

The court says Florida didn't prove that its ecosystem suffered any harm from Georgia's alleged actions.

Recent one-time funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and higher-than-projected revenues for many states are in many cases being put into infrastructure.

Growth pressures in Miami and in Southern Florida create an opportunity for municipal bonds, if they can be sold to tax- skeptical locals.

Fitch said the downgrade reflects “persistent pressures on the travel and tourism sector" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A state appeals court ruled that the Palm Beach County School District violated state law by excluding charter schools from a voter-approved tax levy.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $76.91 billion of bonds in 1,152 issues in 2020, putting volume slightly ahead of 2019, according to Refinitiv data.

Municipal issuers in the Southeast sold $76.9 billion of bonds in 2020; $3.5 billion for Florida's Hurricane Catastrophe Fund was the region's biggest deal.

The state is attempting to abolish the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

While a traffic turnaround may already be starting, analysts warn it will be a slow and difficult return for the airport sector to pre-pandemic levels.

The city has leveraged $10 million in Miami Forever bond proceeds by 20 times to provide $200 million to build affordable housing units.

In a year in which 16 states lost population, Texas' growth is expected to stand out in the belated 2020 Census.

The lawsuits concern bond disclosure in South Carolina, a Florida toll bridge default, and the federal water rights fight between Florida and Georgia.

Florida's triple-A ratings face an ongoing vulnerability because of the fiscal and economic impacts of COVID-19, its annual debt report warns.

The legal wrangling over whether the state can control expressways in Miami-Dade County is expected to rage on well into 2021.