Georgia

Bond attorney Griffith 'Grif' F. Pitcher died April 23 following a short illness. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna, Ga.

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that use of school tax revenue to fund development projects, including the Atlanta BeltLine, is constitutional.

The watchdog group Common Cause Georgia is requesting that Atlanta schedule a referendum on public financing for the Falcons' $1 billion new stadium.

The Federal Highway Administration has given final environmental approval to Georgia's $1 billion Northwest Corridor project paving the way for work the 30-mile congestion reliever for the Atlanta region.

The Georgia Institute of Technology's recent announcement that it will offer the first low-cost online master's degree in computer science is a credit positive, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Atlanta-area businesses agreed to tax themselves to secure $10 million in bond financing to help reconstruct one of the region's busiest and most congested interchanges.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. has notified investors holding the defaulted bonds of three Georgia charter schools that they will lose about 22.7% of their outstanding principal.

The Federal Railroad Administration and Georgia Department of Transportation are preparing a study to evaluate high-speed passenger rail service between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C.

Three National Football League teams in the Southeast recently ended hard-fought battles for public funds to build or improve their stadiums. Only two succeeded. The struggle was not unusual, experts say.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is proposing a fiscal 2014 general fund budget of $538.65 million, which is a decrease of $3.65 million over the current year's budget due to a continuing decline in property tax revenues.

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority Tuesday approved a contract with 360 Architecture to design a $1 billion stadium for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.

Moody's Investors Service issued a report on Wednesday that examined the local governments and school districts that rely on federal employment, procurement, Medicare reimbursement and education grants that would be most affected by sequestration.

The National Football League Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins, both made significant headway toward public financing for major stadium projects.

The job of selecting architects and contractors for the Atlanta Falcons' new $1 billion stadium is under way now that Invest Atlanta has approved issuing $200 million of bonds toward the project.

Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on the Georgia DeKalb County Hospital Authority to negative from stable citing a decline in operating cash flow below expectations.

Moody's said that $2.7 billion of bonds issued by the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia could be downgraded if costs and delays on the Vogtle nuclear plant escalate beyond those known so far.

The Atlanta City Council approved $200 million of municipal bonds to support the construction of a nearly $1 billion stadium for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.

Moody's Investors Service said adverse developments at Georgia Power's new Plant Vogtle nuclear construction project are a credit negative.

Fewer governors have been focusing on pension reform in their state of the state addresses this year, but most who propose reform follow through, according to Loop Capital Markets.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said he will propose a plan of finance for the Atlanta Falcons new National Football League stadium in the next two weeks.