South Carolina

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce wants a $600 million increase in annual transportation funding.

Agreements settling construction disputes over new nuclear units in Georgia and South Carolina are positive credit factors for the public and private owners of the projects, according to Moody's Investors Service.

South Carolina’s Tuomey Healthcare System has negotiated a reduced settlement of $72.4 million with the Justice Department for filing 21,000 false Medicare claims.

As South Carolina recovers from severe storms and floods, state and local governments are positioned financially to weather the aftermath with minimal credit impact, said Moody's Investors Service.

Issuers in the Southeast sold $41.56 billion of bonds in the first half of 2015, an 85% increase in year-over-year volume fueled by refundings and a slight uptick in new-money sales.

Volvo Car Corp.’s selection of Berkeley County, S.C., to locate its first U.S. factory is a credit positive for the county and the state, Moody's Investors Service said.

Moody's Investors Service lowered its general obligation bond ratings for Clarendon Hospital District, S.C., to Baa2 because of its narrow cash position.

South Carolina-based Pope Zeigler has changed its name to Pope Flynn LLC following the departure of Belton Zeigler, a founder of the firm.

Raymond James has hired banker Todd Barnes to join the firm's public finance group in Atlanta, and to focus on issuers in Georgia and South Carolina.

New construction delays on nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia are prompting reviews of potential credit impacts on public power utilities involved in the projects.

Gov. Nikki Haley will support an increase in South Carolina's gas tax if it is tied to a reduction in the state's income tax and overhauling the DOT.

Moody's Investors Service sees a stable outlook for public power in 2015, as an improving U.S. economy outweighs slowing demand for electricity.

A court ruling that South Carolina failed to provide a "minimally adequate" education to poor children is credit positive for low-income school districts, said Moody's.

Just ahead of a planned refunding, Charleston, S.C, won a general obligation bond upgrade to Aaa from Moody's Investors Service.

A three-year delay completing new nuclear units in which the South Carolina Public Service Authority owns 45% is a credit negative for the public utility, Moody's said Thursday.

Southeast municipal bond issuers sold $21.78 billion of debt in the first six months of the year, a 31.4% decline driven by fewer taxable and refunding deals.

Tuomey Healthcare System in South Carolina does not plan to file for bankruptcy, at least not at this time, the hospital told bondholders July 31.

The CDFA and South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority are partnering to launch the South Carolina Financing Roundtable.

Moody's cut Hampton County School District No. 2, S.C.'s GO bond ratings six notches to Ba3 from A3 due to the small district's deficit fund balance.

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions as much as 30% by 2030 will drive up costs for coal-dependent states, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam said.