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.

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.