Florida

The U.S. Department of Transportation told All Aboard Florida that it now has until Dec. 31 to sell the $1.15 billion of bonds.

The Walton Family Foundation provided seed funds to create two “innovative” financing vehicles for charter school facilities.

Lawmakers in the 27-member Florida delegation in the House are divided about whether more private-activity bonds should be used for Brightline's 235-mile passenger rail line.

Facing a May 31 deadline to issue the $1.15 billion of PABs, All Aboard Florida asked the federal transportation agency for extra time to sell the debt.

The Miami-Dade County School District improved its disclosure practices to provide better bond investor outreach.

The timing of federal grants is an issue because that funding was used as a basis by the U.S. Transportation Department to authorize the use of tax-exempt PABs by the private owner for financing the proposed rail line between Miami and Orlando.

A new law will convert local government CAFRs into a digital format, making statistics more readily available at low cost.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has raised questions about Brightline's plan sell up to $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to help pay for the construction of its passenger rail service connecting South Florida to Orlando.

It's getting a lot more expensive to fix Broward County's decaying schools.

Halifax Health cannot use bonds to finance the construction of its 95-bed hospital in Deltona, a Volusia County judge ruled this week, dealing a setback to the public health system's strategy to pay for the $105 million project.

One Democrat said the controversy showed the difficulty President Trump faces selling his plan to spur $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment with an expansion of private activity bonds.

An unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses eight Wall Street and regional banks and broker-dealers that served as remarketing agents of fraud and collusion in resetting rates for variable rate demand obligations issued by state and local issuers in Illinois.

Without giving a reason, the Florida Supreme Court dismissed two appeals of the Poinciana Community Development District’s bond validation case.

Panelists at the national bond summit in Miami discuss how communities can address climate change and new transportation modes.

Donald Cunningham will work of counsel in Florida-based Broad and Cassel’s Affordable Housing and Tax Credit Practice Group.

A state bill to restructure the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority’s bonds didn't pass; one analyst said it could have violated contract laws.

The collapse of the pedestrian bridge in Florida and resulting focus on its federal funding shouldn't impact the TIGER program, transit officials said.

Rick Scott used his line-item veto power to cut $64 million from the $88.7 billion spending plan.

Democrats are frustrated that President Trump's infrastructure plan would require state and local governments to come up with the majority of funds for infrastructure projects.

The fiscal 2019 budget would spend 4.24% more than the current budget.