Louisiana

Alabama’s highest-ever education budget and Louisiana’s largest increase in a decade are both credit positive, Moody’s says.

To avoid a fuel tax increase, settlement funds the state received to compensate for the 2010 Gulf oil rig explosion will back transportation projects.

The public-private partnerships will finance projects in Belle Chasse and Lake Charles.

The cash-strapped state’s public-private partnership will pay for a fixed-span bridge to replace an aging lift bridge and tunnel in Belle Chasse.

Leibowitz works in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana office, and is helping the firm expand in the state, a spokeswoman said.

The standalone grant anticipation revenue vehicle bond deal is the first of several tranches the state will issue over the next few years.

The first installment on a $650 million highway borrowing plan, including major projects in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, won easy approval Thursday from the State Bond Commission.

All of the nation's top producing states can look for a smoother ride in 2019, S&P analysts say.

The surge in gas deals couldn’t overcome the region’s sharp decline in refundings, which led to an overall 22.6% volume decline.

Financial advisor and attorney Calvin Grigsby and Shreveport, Louisiana, settled federal and state lawsuits without disclosing the terms.

The Republican former state treasurer said he can help Louisiana residents better by remaining on “powerful committees” in Washington, D.C.

Texas service sector activity continued to expand in September, according the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Commissioners made no mention of gun policies that led them to oust Citi and Bank of America Merrill Lynch from the deals.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the state’s general obligation bond rating to stable from negative and affirmed its AA-minus rating.

The region's volume numbers were supported by favorable market conditions that drove several large gas prepay deals.

The State Bond Commission barred the banks from upcoming Garvee bond deals, and said its action may apply to other state bond issues.

The comprehensive new law modernizes bond statutes on the books since the 1980s.

The report card touts the MSRB's accomplishments, though that doesn't sit well with some market participants.

The Fifth District Court of Appeals in New Orleans has yet to decide if oral arguments will be held in the suit brought by Calvin Grigsby.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed the state’s ratings and revised its outlook to stable from negative.