Georgia

The University System of Georgia has completed consolidating eight of the state's 35 public colleges and universities to address, in part, the decline in state funding.

The impacts of property tax caps in the Eastern U.S. states are mixed, ranging from minimal to restrictive, according to a recent report from Standard & Poor's.

Georgia is moving forward with the nearly $1 billion Northwest Corridor Project after changing direction on how to proceed with the project to relieve gridlock in the Atlanta region.

Ballard Spahr has promoted public finance attorney Han Choi to be managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office.

Wells Fargo Bank NA said in a market notice that it would not distribute Jan. 1 interest payments due on $18.93 million of uninsured, defaulted bonds sold for three popular Georgia charter schools.

Qualifications from 10 firms interested in providing architectural services for the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium have been submitted to the team and the Georgia World Congress Center, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Wells Fargo filed a suit for breach of contract against three suburban Atlanta charter schools that are in default on $18.93 million of uninsured bonds.

Moody's Investors Service said that Georgia Perimeter College faces more negative credit pressure because its accreditation has been placed on warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS.

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority Monday approved a preliminary agreement with the Atlanta Falcons to build a nearly $1 billion stadium.

Georgia's $583 million general obligation bond deals should sell well Tuesday and Wednesday since there aren't a lot of triple, triple-A rated state GO bonds available in good block sizes, a muni trader said.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will seek an additional $50 million in funding for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell pitched his support for building the Atlanta Falcons a new stadium to hundreds of team supporters.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will consume its reserves by 2018, and that could derail plans to fund billions in capital needs over the next decade, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The $652 million harbor dredging project for the Port of Savannah, Ga. cleared a major hurdle when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the Record of Decision approving the project.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's new chief executive, Keith T. Parker, signed a five-year contract with a base salary of $320,000 a year.

A lawsuit was filed contending that public school districts in Georgia improperly used taxpayers' money to finance a campaign against a charter school ballot measure.

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority administrator Beverly Scott will become the new general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority hired Keith T. Parker away from the VIA transit agency in San Antonio to be its new general manager and CEO.

Quick contract ratifications by orchestra musicians in Atlanta and Chicago after short labor stoppages bolster both credits and cast a favorable light on the sector in general, Moody’s said.

Standard & Poor's lowered its underlying rating on Woodstock, Ga.'s general obligation bonds three notches to A-minus.