Florida

The trustee for the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority's defaulted bonds wants a toll increase for the Garcon Point Bridge but north Florida residents are opposing the plan.

Bonds issued by the Village Center Community Development District in Florida, the subject of a years-long audit and a controversial technical advice memorandum, are taxable private-activity bonds, the IRS said in a new notice of proposed issue.

The All Aboard Florida private passenger train project has received a $1.75 billion federal private activity bond allocation along with conditions that impose a tight timeframe to issue the debt..

The Florida Department of Transportation has launched plans for a series of Interstate express lanes to be built in the Tampa Bay area.

Raymond James has hired health care veteran Pete Lawson as a managing director to co-head hospital mergers and acquisitions in the firm's health care finance group. He is based in Naples, Fla.

While entangled in a federal lawsuit over disclosure issues, Miami rolled out a new transparency initiative to make financial data publicly available.

Florida legislators launched a new website to get public input on how to spend an estimated $22.6 billion over the next 20 years for conservation efforts.

Public finance attorney Randy Hanna returned to practice at Bryant Miller Olive in January after serving as chancellor of the Florida College System.

Former Miami, Fla. budget director Michael Boudreaux is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court decided not to reconsider its decision to disqualify his immunity from a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.

The Florida dirt bond sector, after retrenching dramatically during the financial crisis, is showing signs of recovery in both market activity and credit measures.

The St. Petersburg, Fla. City Council rejected a proposal that would have allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to look for a new stadium site elsewhere in the region.

The St. Petersburg, Fla., City Council decides Thursday whether to allow Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays to search for a new stadium location in the region.

Florida economists said state general revenue collections are stronger than anticipated following their Dec. 15 estimate conference.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal created a special agency and brought in anew attorney for the state's defense in the lawsuit over water rights filed by Florida.

Florida's fiscal health is in better shape than it has been in years thanks to state spending policies, restraint using debt, and rebounding revenues, officials said.

A Florida anti-transit tax group asks voters to remain vigilant against future attempts to fund a light-rail commuter system after defeating a tax on Nov. 4.

The U.S. Supreme Court has appointed an attorney from Maine as case manager for the lawsuit that Florida filed against Georgia in a dispute over water rights.

Miami-Dade County will pay the Internal Revenue Service to settle a tax problem with a seaport revenue bond issue after the city sought a voluntary settlement.

The six-month hurricane season ended Sunday and left Florida's two publicly operated insurers in good financial health.

Broward County, Fla., has named Robert “Bob” Miracle as chief financial officer and director of the Finance and Administrative Services Department.