Georgia

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority could pursue a portion of its $8 billion expansion plan under terms of a bill Georgia legislators passed shortly before adjourning.

Georgia saw state revenues jump a whopping 24.9% in February, although state officials said Internal Revenue Service security breaches helped skew the results by delaying refunds.

Improvement in Atlanta’s fiscal health led Moody's Investors Service to upgrade the city’s general obligation debt to Aa1 from Aa2.

In the Southeast, pent-up need for capital and low interest rates translated into a five-year high for bond issuance in 2015.

Georgia's recently enacted supplemental state budget dedicates $750 million to transportation projects.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s 5% budget increase for fiscal 2017 allots more funds for transportation and $850 million in bonds for capital projects.

Georgia State University teamed up with Atlanta-based Carter & Associates LLC to negotiate the purchase of Turner Field for a multi-use redevelopment project including a football stadium.

Standard & Poor's dropped Georgia's Oconee Regional Medical Center further into junk territory citing default as a "virtual certainty."

Georgia expects to save $421 million reconstructing a critical intersection in Atlanta by entering into a public-private partnership with North Perimeter Contractors.

Agreements settling construction disputes over new nuclear units in Georgia and South Carolina are positive credit factors for the public and private owners of the projects, according to Moody's Investors Service.