Florida

As BioNitrogen navigates Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Hendry County, Fla., has refused to extend the company’s $300 million private-activity bond allocation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation gave All Aboard Florida another year to issue $1.75 billion of private activity bonds for its $3.5 billion passenger train project.

All Aboard Florida says it remains on track to offer private passenger train service in 2017 even though it was unable to issue $1.75 billion of private activity bonds amid turmoil in the high-yield market.

Florida legislators will consider another record state budget, $1 billion in proposed tax cuts, and a new tribal gambling compact as they gear up for an early session starting Jan. 12.

After amassing nearly $2 billion in unused bonding authority from Louisiana and Florida the past few years, BioNitrogen Holdings Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 3.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans to offer businesses nearly a $1 billion in tax cuts if the Legislature agrees with his proposed budget to be released next month.

A second environmental group is suing Florida over spending decisions related to a 2014 constitutional amendment earmarking funds for conservation purposes.

Raymond James has hired 25-year investment banking veteran Reuben McDaniel as a managing director in the firm's New York office.

Palm Beach County, Fla. is selling bonds for its second two-team ballpark in an effort to rejuvenate Major League Baseball spring training on the state’s east coast.

On the eve of pricing $1.75 billion of bonds for a privately owned intercity passenger train system, its Florida developers introduced Brightline as the name of the new service.

Raymond James continues its expansion in California with the recent hiring of veteran education banker Charlie Feinstein in San Francisco.

Florida's second-most populous county and one of its tiniest cities bucked the official state position on carbon emissions by joining a coalition supporting the federal government's Clean Power Plan.

Miami Beach hopes to attract investor’s appetites for yield in the coming weeks with a $620 million, multi-faceted deal to finance the city’s long-planned convention center expansion.

A forensic inquiry into Jacksonville, Fla.’s Police and Fire Pension Fund says poor management and the lack of transparency by the fund’s board are among reasons for at least $370 million in losses.

Broward County, Fla., expects to issue $488.9 million of revenue bonds for its $2.4 billion capital program at the Fort Lauderdale airport amid a boom in passenger traffic and capital construction at major airports in the Southeast.

Five big southeast airports have major capital plans underway, including Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, for which Broward County, Fla. is selling $489 million of revenue bonds Oct. 29. Traffic Growth Helps Spur Fort Lauderdale Airport Deal

The Seminole Tribe sued the state of Florida just days before expiration of an exclusive agreement allowing the tribe to offer lucrative card games at its casinos.

Palm Beach County, Fla., will issue up to $133 million of revenue bonds to help finance a new spring training stadium for the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals.

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the validation of $2 billion in clean energy bonds over challenges brought by banks and a former state legislator.

Miami-Dade County is embarking on what its leader calls an innovative capital program focused on public-private partnerships that could surpass $7.85 billion.