North Carolina

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.

Gaston County voters green-lighted both a $250 million school bond referendum and a quarter-cent sales tax increase to pay back the borrowed money Tuesday night.

Within the month, New Hanover County's school board could finalize a timeline for redistricting and pick projects for its next multi-million dollar bond — including new schools.

Wilson County Schools will receive nearly $19,000 in additional bond forfeiture money after the N.C. Court of Appeals overturned a district court judge's decision to reduce forfeiture amounts in three cases.

Voters in Moore County are being asked to approve $123 million in bonds that would pay for building three elementary schools and a nursing building at Sandhills Community College.

Proceeds of Charlotte, N.C.'s deal will refund debt issued in 2008 and prepay a bond-anticipation note.

Wake County school board member Don Agee says he will not support the next school bond referendum.

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution setting 7.88 cents as the maximum tax increase to cover the cost of school and community college bonds, though time will tell what it really is.

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners is expecting a crowd at the Historic Courthouse when they hear about two proposed education bonds adding up to nearly $190 million.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.

Rising unfunded pension and healthcare liabilities and bond financing plans led a state committee to recommend increasing the debt cap.

High Point, N.C., will go to the bond market next week to borrow the money for construction of its downtown stadium.

The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education entered their Tuesday, Jan. 9 work session expecting to be wowed by the bells and whistles of the proposed $150 million bond.

Wake County voters will likely have to wait until November, instead of May, to decide the fate of a bond for new school construction.

Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted last week to assemble a package of survey questions regarding a possible bond referendum.

At Tuesday's Davidson County Board of Commissioner's meeting, the county moved forward with discussions on potential bond packages for capital needs.

The referendum asks voters in Mecklenburg County, N.C.’s to approve bonds for schools.

Wake County voters will be asked next year to borrow money to help pay for building and renovating schools, but it's uncertain whether the amount could be a record $1.1 billion.

Waynesville leaders are pondering the idea of bond referendum to fund a slew of long-range projects, from greenway expansion to a new Hazelwood fire station.

Voters decided they will pay higher taxes to borrow $206.7 million to widen roads, build new sidewalks and bicycle lanes, and support other transportation projects.