Georgia

"The upgrade recognizes two important factors: the strong operating performance of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 since entering commercial service and the strength of the project's contractual framework," said Ernest Libershteyn, MEAG director of finance and treasury.

For the first time since 2023, Georgia will bring its general obligation bonds to the municipal bond market, with a $1.57 billion competitive deal.

Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, plans to issue $350 million of debt for new sports and entertainment arena anchored by a team called the Macon Mayhem.

Four deals were on the day-to-day calendar, "playing it close to the vest, and all of a sudden, boom, they all get done," said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights.

Mayor Andre Dickens wants to extend tax allocation districts, which could generate $5 billion to $7 billion that could back bonds.

Yilma worked at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP from 2014 to 2021.

The bond sale follows an upgrade by S&P Global Ratings but comes while the city is in the midst of an extreme drought.

Senior bonds most recently traded for 30 cents on the dollar.

Observers say there is a real chance that Democrats may win the governorships of Florida and Georgia, affecting the states' fiscal policies.

While the state is most concerned about stopping the fires, credit rating agencies are monitoring the situation.

The rating agency cited the prospect of lowered debt service coverage ratios in the next three years.

The legislature passed bills to cut personal income tax rates over time and limit increases on homestead property tax payments to the rate of inflation.

Virginia and Georgia topped the list of high performers and Alaska and California received the lowest marks in the Reason Foundation's analysis.

Rapidly rising property values have led many Republican legislators to back measures that would substantially reduce local government property taxes.

State lawmakers introduced bills to eliminate sales tax exemptions and tax credits for data centers and mandate public disclosure of water and electricity use.

Potential buyers besides Emory University include Georgia-based health systems, other proton therapy operators and private equity firms.

This would be the state's first bond issuance since 2023.

The transaction, which supports the Navajo community in Ganado, Arizona, represents a major landmark in furthering Native American health care infrastructure, overcoming hurdles tribal governments typically face in issuing municipal debt to open a replicable path to market other indigenous health systems can follow.

The project was the Georgia's first revenue-risk P3 and lays the groundwork for future express lane P3s.

The massive I-285 East express lanes project in metro Atlanta will be procured in two phases.