Georgia

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."

The muni market saw $379.992 billion of debt issued in 2023, only $11.076 billion less than the lackluster $391.068 billion seen in 2022.

Furloughs at an EV plant in Georgia are one of several indicators of cooling growth in the electric vehicle sector.

State and local development officials closed on $5 billion of revenue bonds for electric truckmaker Rivian's planned Georgia production plant.

Gov. Brain Kemp signed an executive order Wednesday extending a suspension of Georgia's gasoline tax as prices at the pump remain high, but begin to fall.

October's total volume rose 29.3% to $37.156 billion in 661 issues from $28.738 billion in 614 issues a year earlier. New-money grew more than 30% while refundings were up by nearly 75%.

Georgia Power and Oglethorpe Power agreed to new terms for cost overruns on two new Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors.

The eleven member General Assembly Joint Tax Credit Review Panel has met several times since the end of the 2023 legislative session.

Fitch Ratings affirmed the city's AA-plus GO rating while bumping the outlook on certificates of participation sold for its city courthouse.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order to suspend state taxes on gas and diesel as fuel costs remain stubbornly high nationwide.

The new study will identify potential new rail stations along a 13.6 mile stretch of its $4.8 billion BeltLine plan to redevelop a former freight rail line.