North Carolina

Brad Briner said the state may need to issue short-term debt in the near future to pay for Hurricane Helene expenses.

Nashville, Tennessee, voters approved a $2 billion bond measure, while Lancaster County, South Carolina, and Cary, North Carolina, opposed the bond referendums.

Moody's believes Florida will sell bonds to help replenish the CAT fund this spring.

Large measures to authorize or support bonds are on the menu in several of the region's largest cities and suburbs.

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.