Louisiana

The rating agency affirmed Louisiana at AA-minus. The state also received its first-ever rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency: a AA rating and stable outlook.

Facing calls to disqualify six more underwriters from negotiated bond sales, the state Bond Commission opted to sell GOs competitively.

Spending on climate proofing infrastructure and other green capital developments increased 68% while overall volume tumbled 13% in the region.

The 150-acre facility is expected to create about 200 local full-time positions and between 500 and 1,000 indirect local jobs.

Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma will submit an application to the U.S. Department of Energy for their HALO Hub, which involves public-private partnerships.

The increasing number and frequency of cyber attacks against municipalities is a cause for credit concern, S&P Global Ratings says.

After four hurricanes and 11 insurer insolvencies, a $458 million deal for the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association supplies capital to pay claims.

The allocation for Strategic Biofuels LLC received final approval from the Louisiana Community Development Authority, conduit issuer for the tax-exempt bonds.

"It was a misguided effort from the beginning to ever use the Bond Commission and any of the work that it does to send a political message to anyone for any reason," said Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $40.7 billion of bonds in the first half of this year, a 6.3% year-over-year increase.