Louisiana

A parish school board and a Louisiana teachers union are suing the state for $200 million over a lengthy freeze of aid to local education.

Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy wants more scrutiny of a stalled refunding of $638 million of tobacco settlement revenue bonds.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed a bill authorizing $92 million of revenue bonds for a New Orleans riverfront development.

Louisiana Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. will go ahead with this week's refunding of $638 million of tobacco settlement revenue bonds despite market conditions.

A lawsuit delaying Kenner, La.'s plans to issue $47 million of revenue bonds may add $2 million to the city's interest costs.

The Louisiana Public Facilities Authority has disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service began auditing $240.43 million of its bonds in March 2012, but closed the audit with no change to the tax-exempt status of the bonds in February of this year.

Louisiana will issue $251.6 million of bonds for community college project under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Louisiana Energy and Power Authority will ask the State Bond Commission on Thursday for permission to issue $150 million of power system revenue bonds.

Louisiana's new Office of Debt Recovery is expected to bring in up to $200 million in the next five years from delinquent accounts.

Two reform bills included in a budget compromise would tighten Louisiana's state budgeting process.

Louisiana Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. approved a controversial refinancing of $720 million of tobacco settlement revenue bonds.

Louisiana lawmakers avoided a special session with a near-unanimous approval of a $25.4 billion budget for fiscal 2014.

The Louisiana Senate voted Monday to put a $113 million surplus from fiscal 2012 into the Medicaid program rather into the rainy day fund.

The Louisiana House unanimously rejected Senate amendments to its $25 billion state budget bill for fiscal 2014, creating a standoff that may require a special session to settle.

Twenty-nine technical training projects at two-year colleges in Louisiana will be funded with $251.6 million of state bonds that won final legislative approval Friday.

New Orleans may finance a riverfront tourist development with $92 million of revenue bonds.

Miami Beach is participating in the two-year RE.invest Initiative funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help the city rethink the way it designs, plans, implements, and finances infrastructure.

The Rockefeller Foundation selected eight cities to participate in the RE.Invest Initiative, a national effort to support sustainable infrastructure that includes financial advice on P3 options.

Louisiana will structure an $806 million refunding of tobacco settlement revenue bonds to provide savings of $143 million over three years.

The Navy ceded 118 acres of a former base in New Orleans to the renovation effort financed with $150 million of state bonds.