Georgia

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.

In striking down a class-action union appeal Nov. 2, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Atlanta did not violate the state's constitution when the City Council reformed pension benefits in 2011.

A bond investor’s suspicions triggered a municipal bond trustee’s firing of a vice president but the question remains: what happened to more than $2 million?

The Atlanta Streetcar is conducting a national search for an executive director, and has named former AECOM/URS Corp. transit manager Keith Jones as interim director.

Cobb County, Ga., plans to competitively bid $372.55 million of AAA-rated taxable bonds on Tuesday to finance the Atlanta Braves stadium.

Issuers in the Southeast sold $41.56 billion of bonds in the first half of 2015, an 85% increase in year-over-year volume fueled by refundings and a slight uptick in new-money sales.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Clayton County, Ga.'s only hospital is a favorable credit factor for the county, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The Georgia Supreme Court Monday ruled that $368 million of bonds to finance the Atlanta Braves' $672 million baseball stadium were properly validated by a lower court.

The Atlanta City Council approved a $1.9 billion budget for fiscal 2016 budget without tapping reserves.

Georgia secured financing rates as low as 1.21% on a multi-faceted competitive GO bond offering Tuesday.

The state of Georgia plans to price $1.3 billion of triple-A general obligation bonds on Tuesday, while Atlanta prices a $252 million GO offering on Wednesday.

Corvias Campus Living privately placed $548.3 million of taxable bonds for a 65-year P3 student housing pact with the University System of Georgia.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Ga., bonds to BB-plus from BBB following unexpected deterioration in performance.

An Atlanta City Council committee will hold a May 18 public hearing and virtual town hall meeting on the $1.97 billion fiscal 2016 budget to ask residents about their thoughts on spending priorities.

Standard & Poor's on May 5 revised its outlook to negative on Atlanta’s Morehouse College bonds due to declining enrollment and increasing operating pressure.

The Athens-Clarke County Unified Government in Georgia won two rating upgrades ahead of pricing $208 million of water and sewerage revenue bonds.

First Southern Securities LLC, the Alpharetta, Ga.-based boutique investment banking firm, added four new professionals as part of its expansion effort.

The Georgia Supreme Court will not reconsider its decision to validate $200 million in bonds for the Atlanta Falcons' new $1.4 billion stadium, clearing the way for the financing to be marketed.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said he will sign a "landmark transportation bill" that will bring as much as $900 million in needed funding for state road work.

The Georgia Supreme Court should rescind its approval of the public financing for the Atlanta Falcons’ $1.4 billion stadium, according to a March 26 motion.