Tennessee

Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger is proposing to raise taxes for most county property owners to fund the biggest bond-borrowing program in the county's history.

Gavin Murrey will become the division leader of public finance/debt investment banking.

Regional bond issuance slipped by 31% in the first half and volume was down sharply in Florida.

Two new schools are coming to Spring Hill.

Voters in Nashville could go to the polls in 2018 to decide how to fund a $6 billion transit plan.

Tennessee lawmakers debate a gas tax hike as report finds bad roads cost motorists $6 billion a year.

Bill raising Tennessee gas tax paves way for Nashville vote on sales tax for transit.

Legislative battles break out in South Carolina and Tennessee over proposed state gasoline tax hikes.

Issuers across the Southeast brought $71.7 billion of municipal bonds to market in 2016, a 3.3% year-over-year increase that was generated largely by refundings.

Tennessee House GOP leaders are at odds with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam over road funding proposals.

The bonds of 16 affordable housing properties affiliated with Global Ministries Fellowship were downgraded by S&P Global Ratings, sending 14 more of the credits to junk.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam rolled out legislation Wednesday that would cut taxes and increase transportation funding for the first time in 28 years.

Vanderbilt University received an upgrade to triple-A ahead of its first foray into the bond market since separating financially from its medical center.

Planners for a 10-county region around Nashville have approved a 25-year, $6 billion transit program.

Tennessee officials hope to avoid a $60 million cut in federal road funding over state's new under-21 DUI law.

Tennessee said it received a combined interest rate of 2.16% on the recent sale of $366 million of general obligation bonds – the lowest rate in state history.

Southeast issuers sold $37.63 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2016, a decline of 10.9% from the same period last year, even as new money deals increased.

The receiver for bond-financed apartments owned by Global Ministries Foundation in Tennessee has disclosed in court filings that the Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation.

Municipal bonds issued for Tennessee-based Global Ministries Foundation housing projects were placed on S&P Global Ratings' CreditWatch and could face rating downgrades because of uncertainty related to a federal investigation.

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.’s bond outlook is positive and could lead to a rating upgrade because of its financial separation from Vanderbilt Medical Center, S&P Global Ratings said.