Georgia

The Cobb County, Ga., Commission approved an agreement Nov. 26 to provide $300 million in public funding toward the Atlanta Braves new $672 million stadium and entertainment district.

Cobb County, Ga., is being asked to delay Tuesday's agreement to provide $300 million in public funds toward a $672 million stadium for the Atlanta Braves.

Moody's said Monday that a lawsuit filed to challenge Atlanta's two-year-old pension reform is a credit negative because of the uncertainty it creates.

An agreement to finance a $672 million baseball stadium for the Atlanta Braves is expected to be considered by Cobb County, Ga., commissioners on Nov. 26.

Georgia competitively priced $173 million of general obligation bonds Nov. 13 with a blended true interest cost of 3.16%.

Pro baseball teams in the Southeast are scoring new ball parks with mixed-use entertainment districts to enhance the fan experience in and outside of the game.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said net tax collections for October totaled $1.46 billion, an increase of 5.9% percent compared to October 2012.

Decatur County, Ga.'s general obligation debt has been downgraded to A-minus from A-plus by Standard & Poor's.

The new Atlanta Falcons football stadium will cost $1.2 billion, an increase of $200 million from previous estimates, the state agency overseeing the project has learned.

Georgia officials hailed the U.S. House’s passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act because it will further efforts to deepen the Savannah Harbor.

Johnson Controls will implement energy and water conservation measures at Phillips State Prison in Georgia's first bond-financed energy performance contract.

Atlanta Public Schools is reviewing its options after the Georgia Supreme Court prohibited school districts from deducting pension costs out of charter school payments.

Florida filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking an injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Georgia's "unchecked and growing consumption of water," state officials said.

A Georgia Supreme Court ruling that Atlanta's charter schools have no legal obligation to share in the Atlanta Independent School System's pension costs is a credit negative for school districts statewide, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

Georgia has chosen a team of Atlanta and Florida contractors to build the $840 million Northwest Corridor project to relieve severe congestion in the Atlanta region.

With Southeast issuers facing big-ticket costs to rehab water and sewer systems under federal court orders, doubt about the future of munis is raising concern.

Georgia plans to remove tolls on the busy Georgia 400 on Nov. 21 and make the an early, final bond payment Dec. 1.

Backed by rating upgrades, Atlanta plans to price $328.7 million of water and wastewater revenue bonds Tuesday and plans to sell another $240 million next month.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Morris Brown College rejected a plan to help the college exit bankruptcy and also help locate a new Atlanta Falcons stadium but the proposal is still in play.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans to sue Georgia in an attempt to stop the state's 'unchecked' fresh water consumption, which is parching Apalachicola oyster beds.