Georgia

Georgia voters will decide whether to implement Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan that would allow the state to take over public schools that fail to achieve passing grades.

Voters in Atlanta Tuesday overwhelmingly approved issuing $252 million in general obligations bonds to address critical capital infrastructure needs.

The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the validation of $200 million in bonds for the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium on Monday.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has initiated a pilot program to prop up the state's financially ailing rural hospitals.

Standard & Poor's lowered its underlying rating to BB-plus from BBB on the general obligation bonds of the Dublin School District, Ga., citing its structural budget imbalance.

Raymond James has hired banker Todd Barnes to join the firm's public finance group in Atlanta, and to focus on issuers in Georgia and South Carolina.

Legislation aimed at allowing Georgia to take over public schools failing to achieve passing grades has been filed. The measure would require a voter-approved constitutional amendment.

The Georgia General Assembly plans to debate a bill that would provide more than $1 billion in new transportation funding in this year's session.

The Georgia Supreme Court holds oral arguments Feb. 3 in three appeals opposing the public financing for the Atlanta Braves’ new stadium in Cobb County.

Atlanta won a rating upgrade and positive outlook ahead of a planned $1.25 billion water and wastewater refunding scheduled to price Feb. 23-24.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has proposed a $44.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2016, which is a 3.15% increase over the current spending plan.

The recently announced move by Mercedes-Benz to relocate its U.S. headquarters to Atlanta is credit positive for Atlanta and Fulton County, Moody's Investors service said Jan. 15.

Georgia saw state revenues increase 9% in December, the sixth straight monthly increase in collections.

The Atlanta City Council will let voters determine the fate of the city's backlogged infrastructure needs in a $252 million GO bond referendum set for March 17.

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.

The Cherokee County School System is negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a tax dispute, after an IRS agent contended in an audit of 2007 bonds that there was an arbitrage problem.

Atlanta unions have filed for an appeal of the Fulton County Superior Court's Nov. 10 ruling that tossed their lawsuit challenging the city's landmark pension reform package.

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.

The Atlanta Falcons iconic new retractable-roof stadium will now cost $1.4 billion and becomes the second-costliest stadium in National Football League history.

The University System of Georgia's 65-year college housing privatization, which will defease $325 million in bonds, is being closely watched by higher education, finance, and housing industries.