Georgia

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.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will consider a consultant's recommendations to increase revenues, including outsourcing, advertising on buses and trains, and new fees.

The Georgia Transportation Board has agreed to a financing plan for the nearly $1 billion Northwest Corridor project that could see more than half of the cost funded with bonds.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Thursday morning granted Atlanta another 13 years to complete consent-related work on its massive sewer repair program.

The Atlanta City Council reauthorized a $350 million commercial paper program for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Atlanta City Council last week agreed to pay a $136,000 settlement to the city's former chief financial officer, Joya De Foor.

Standard & Poor's dropped its rating two notches to B-plus from BB on revenue bonds issued for the Oconee Regional Medical Center in Georgia.

Atlanta is seeking a finance team to restructure a swap with UBS AG and to issue refunding bonds for its Department of Watershed Management.

The 131-year-old Morris Brown College in Atlanta was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after an investor holding $13 million of bonds demanded payment, or face foreclosure.

Talks are afoot to finalize a nearly $1 billion deal for a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons by year's end.

Municipal bond issuance in the Southeast during the first half of this year was up by 57% to $34 billion - nearly the same amount that was lost between 2011 and 2010.