Georgia

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed appointed a 16-member panel March 12 to search for wasteful spending in city government to support issuing infrastructure bonds.

Moody's upgraded Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's general revenue bond ratings to Aa3 from A1 citing its financial and operational strengths.

Georgia plans to begin dredging Savannah Harbor even though President Obama's 2015 budget failed to include federal construction funds for the project.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal applauded Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to have the Department of Justice file a brief in the water wars case with Florida.

Moody's dropped the GO bond rating of the Commerce City School District, Ga., three notches to Baa1 from A1 citing its negative fund balance and depleted reserves.

PNC Capital Markets LLC hired three veterans to continue the bank's efforts to integrate and expand public finance and banking.

Southeast bond issuance last year dropped 11% to $56.7 billion as rising interest rates took refundings out of the running and new-money volume was nearly flat.

A Georgia judge delayed the validation of $278.3 million in revenue bonds supporting the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium to hear opposing arguments.

Four Atlanta residents are challenging the validation of $278.3 million of revenue bonds to partially finance a $1.2 billion stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.

The Virginia House has voted down pursuing a constitutional convention, but Georgia and other states are still considering the measure.

A court's validation of bonds to finance part of the Atlanta Falcon's new stadium may be contested by neighbors of the site, according to the city-based Saporta Report.

Law firm Squire Sanders added public-private partnership veteran Roderick Devlin to its public and infrastructure practice group

Attorneys for Georgia have asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to entertain a lawsuit from Florida over water rights between the states.

The Atlanta City Council has approved up to $975 in refunding bonds backed by general airport revenues and passenger facility charges.

The thousands of airline flights cancelled this winter due to severe weather may affect some airports' revenues and cost budgets, Fitch Ratings said.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is proposing a $42 billion fiscal 2015 budget that includes authorization for $763 million of state general obligation bonds.

In his second-term inauguration Jan. 6, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said voters in 2015 will be asked to approve up to $250 million in bonds for infrastructure.

A new plan says most of the $4.39 billion needed to finish the Atlanta BeltLine can be done with bonds, government funds, donations and public-private partnerships.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport soon begins searching for a new general manager to replace Louis Miller who retires Jan. 3.

Georgia made the final bond payment of $25.6 million to Wells Fargo on Dec. 1 ending the tolls on the Georgia 400.