Georgia

The ratings agency cited strong and growing activity and favorable economic trends in the region.

The decision is expected to be appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court and the ruling could have implications for the muni bond industry.

The upgrade affects most but not all of MEAG's outstanding bonds.

Florida's catastrophe fund will weather the storm and shouldn't need reinforcements yet. Two Florida-related sales are still expected next week.

State income tax collections were off last year and some analysts are watching to see how planned tax cuts will affect the triple-A state's revenues.

Moodys says it is placing additional weight on the states' Aaa ratings in determining the Garvee ratings.

Fitch also upgraded the city's Georgia Municipal Association certificates of participation (city of Atlanta public safety projects) to AA-plus from AA.

The sale follows the utility's successful initiation of two nuclear power units in the last 13 months.

The region's municipal bond volume grew by 42.4%, outpacing the nationwide 32% increase in a first-half marked by gas prepay deals and Brightline's big sale.

Long-term liabilities have gone down and revenues have gone up, Fitch said.

U.S. Soccer will issue $200 million of tax-exempt revenue bonds through the Fayette County Development Authority. 

Recognizing the formidable construction challenges, the White House has created a Nuclear Power Project Management and Delivery working group "to help identify opportunities to proactively mitigate sources of cost and schedule overrun risk."

Delivery delays for Boeing planes are impacting airports, with Southwest Airlines recently announcing it is pulling out or reducing flights at some facilities.

Strong and growing sales tax revenues support the bonds. Repayment isn't tied to ridership, which has declined.

"Each party in this deal benefits in some way," said Seema Mohanty, founder of Mohanty Gargiulo.

"When you add everything in this document up, it demonstrates you can make smart investments when you budget wisely, trust the market rather than try to dictate it, and empower your citizens more than you empower the government," said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

Extreme weather could aggravate growing property insurance pressures on governments.

Natural gas prepayment deals helped drive the utilities sector to top the Southeast in an overall down year for municipal bond sales across the region.

Robert Poole, a leading expert in the U.S. public-private partnership transportation sector, joins infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt to talk about upcoming deals including toll lanes and bridges in the Southeast and high speed rail in the West as well as states that are advancing P3s and action on the federal front. (37 minutes)

Brian Kemp said the budget proposals fund more than $1.8 billion for capital programs "without issuing a single additional dollar in general obligation debt."