Louisiana

The Louisiana Legislature passed a bill unanimously that would require all issuers to fulfill disclosure requirements, and have auditors check for compliance.

New Orleans, La., saw a 9.6% increase in sales tax revenues in 2013 thanks largely to growth in population and tourism, and efforts to attract new business

The Louisiana State Bond Commission wants to meet with the Department of Justice in hopes of resolving a housing discrimination lawsuit.

A federal judge in Louisiana rescheduled a housing discrimination lawsuit hearing involving the State Bond Commission at the request of State Treasurer John Kennedy.

Fiscal problems, unfunded pensions, and bond covenant violations plague the small city of Bogalusa, La., according to a state audit review and site visit.

Louisiana will use non-recurring revenue to defease $210 million of bonds to help close a deficit in the 2015 budget even though it will create a shortfall in 2016.

The Department of Justice will revive its federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the Louisiana State Bond Commission after commissioners rejected a settlement.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission rejected a settlement with the Justice Department March 20 that would have resolved a federal housing discrimination suit.

Standard & Poor's affirmed Louisiana's AA rating and stable outlook but warned that the state should find structural solutions to its budget challenges.

Southeast bond issuance last year dropped 11% to $56.7 billion as rising interest rates took refundings out of the running and new-money volume was nearly flat.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission and the city of New Orleans are a step closer toward settling a two-year-old federal housing discrimination lawsuit.

Moody's dropped the GO bond ratings on Louisiana's St. Charles Parish Hospital District No. 1 below investment grade citing a strained financial position and high debt load.

The thousands of airline flights cancelled this winter due to severe weather may affect some airports' revenues and cost budgets, Fitch Ratings said.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $12.84 million of unlimited tax school building bonds issued in 2010 by the Anahuac Independent School District in Texas as part of an examination of small governmental bond issues.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recommended a $24.9 billion budget for fiscal 2015, which is $623.7 million less than the current budget.

Louisiana is receiving inquiries asking how the state successfully priced $111.67 million in "unconventional" unclaimed property special revenue bonds Dec. 18.

Standard & Poor's upped Baton Rouge, La.'s sales tax revenue bonds to triple-A noting the city's role as an economic center and improving debt service coverage.

An agreement on funding new and renewed transportation infrastructure could be the basis of a bipartisan budget deal, President Barack Obama said Friday at the Port of New Orleans in south Louisiana.

BioNitrogen Holdings plans to build seven bond-financed plants using a proprietary biomass conversion process to make fertilizer in Louisiana and Florida.

Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy urged state agencies to quickly prepare bond transactions out of concern that interest rates will spike before the end of the year.