Florida

The Port Miami Tunnel project has received the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships 2015 Infrastructure Project Award.

Miami will consider a city-owned site next to Marlins Park for a Major League Soccer stadium sought by former soccer star David Beckham and his investors.

Tampa International Airport on Florida's west coast benefits from major financings this week and in August to support its largest capital plan in more than four decades.

Tampa General Hospital in west-central Florida has been upgraded to A from A-minus by Fitch Ratings due to a "significant strengthening of liquidity metrics."

This month's $18.7 billion agreement with BP p.l.c. positions struggling Gulf coast states to receive financial relief, though the years-long payout won't provide immediate respite for some.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority has appointed Lisa Lumbard as the agency's permanent chief financial officer.

Mary A. Packer, president of PK Securities in Boca Raton, Fla., died May 25 at the age of 63.

Steps to reform Jacksonville, Fla.'s public safety pension plans are a credit positive, Moody's Investors Service said in a special comment June 29.

The Florida-based law firm of Holland & Knight has added Michael Millett as an associate with the firm’s public finance team in Tampa.

The federal government extended All Aboard Florida’s $1.75 billion private activity bond allocation, relieving pressure on the private train owner to issue the bonds as legal challenges proceed.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed a $78.2 billion budget into law Tuesday, the third straight fiscal year of record spending for the Sunshine state.

A technical advice memorandum concluding that the Village Center Community Development District in Florida was not a political subdivision that could issue tax-exempt bonds will not apply retroactively, the Internal Revenue Service chief counsel’s office said.

The Florida Legislature ended a special session June 19 after adopting a $78.7 billion record budget for fiscal 2016 that is now being challenged in court by environmentalists.

Jacksonville, Fla., reached a deal with the Police and Fire Pension Fund trustees Friday to overhaul benefits and contribute catch-up payments to address a $1.7 billion unfunded liability.

The Florida Legislature plans to complete a special session Friday with a final vote on a budget for fiscal 2016 with no Medicaid expansion, avoiding a state government shutdown.

Many utilities in Florida’s exhibit strong financial performance though funding challenges lie ahead in replacing aged infrastructure and dealing with climate change, according to Fitch Ratings.

A federal judge denied requests by two Florida counties seeking to block the issuance of $1.75 billion in private activity bonds for a private passenger train project.

The South Florida Water Management District is preparing to issue the largest certificate of participation deal this year to refund $470 million in COPs sold in 2006 to buy land that protects the famed Everglades.

The United States Supreme Court is poised to decide whether or not to hear the case of former Miami budget director Michael Boudreaux, whose attorneys told the nation's top court it should accept the case to decide an important question of how exposed municipal officials should be to federal government lawsuits.

A Florida attorney who says his property will be devalued by a private passenger train wants to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging tax-exempt financing for the project.