North Carolina

The state lacks the money to widen the traffic-clogged highway on its own, officials said.

Recent EPA regulations mandating utilities remove lead pipes from distribution systems within 10 years will add to the financial burden.

In the long run, Helene and Milton may further drive already rising property insurance costs, while in the short-term S&P placed three utilities on CreditWatch.

MMA says some risky-sector issuers in the area hit hard by the hurricane may be pushed into technical or payment defaults.

Florida's catastrophe fund will weather the storm and shouldn't need reinforcements yet. Two Florida-related sales are still expected next week.

North Carolina is the latest state to eye using a P3 to build tolled express lanes amid insufficient state funding.

Moodys says it is placing additional weight on the states' Aaa ratings in determining the Garvee ratings.

The commission approved $73 million of limited obligation bonds for Rowan County schools.

Agency cites growing debt levels and midrange demographic and economic factors.

State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants to know if Cabarrus County will have voters vote on bonds in the future through general obligation referendums.

Cabarrus County planned to use most of the proceeds to pay off a bond anticipation note.

Three municipalities will share the money and two will also get revolving loan funds.

Bonds backed by hotel and restaurant bill taxes will pay for upgrades to the home of the Carolina Panthers. The team agreed to commit to the city for 15 more years.

Population growth has spurred economic growth in the South. But the changing climate, and risks climate change poses there, may turn that equation on its head.

The debt was approved for Greensboro and Raleigh.

Among the items approved by the state Local Government Commission were $750 million of affordable housing bonds, the Turnpike Authority's Thursday sale of $184 million to refund BABs and Wake County's $321 million refunding bonds.

Natural gas prepayment deals helped drive the utilities sector to top the Southeast in an overall down year for municipal bond sales across the region.

Robert Poole, a leading expert in the U.S. public-private partnership transportation sector, joins infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt to talk about upcoming deals including toll lanes and bridges in the Southeast and high speed rail in the West as well as states that are advancing P3s and action on the federal front. (37 minutes)

Meanwhile in New York, the state doubles down on climate investments and restricts investments in some big oil and gas companies as the city blasts several big banks as they pull out from the Climate Action 100+ initiative.

"The debt afforablity study was just released. In this study we outlined how state debt is going to be falling by 60% over an eight year period," state Treasurer Dale Folwell said Tuesday.