Florida Development Finance Corp.

Indian River County petitioned the court to overturn its unsuccessful appeal against the U.S. Department of Transportation and the passenger train operator.

Developers say construction will continue on the 310-unit apartment complex in Gainesville, near the University of Florida, during the Chapter 11 process.

Refundings and taxable deals were also up substantially, driving the region to $75 billion of municipal bond volume, up 32.6% from 2018.

Indian River County commissioners voted to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review its unsuccessful appeal against passenger train developer Brightline/Virgin Trains.

Indian River County won’t pursue the federal litigation further, but it will proceed with a lawsuit in state court over the use of its railroad crossings.

The U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably determined the Florida’s passenger train owners were qualified to receive private activity bond financing.

Ron DeSantis appointed new Florida Development Finance Corp. board members; a bill has been introduced to place the issuer under the auspices of another state agency.

Debbie Mayfield cites an increasing number of fatalities where Virgin Trains operates between Miami and West Palm Beach.

Through three quarters municipal bond issuers are coming to market more frequently than they did during the same period of 2018, as low rates and yields are too good to pass up and demand for muni bonds is closing in on an all-time high.

Attorneys for Indian River County, the Department of Transportation and Virgin Trains will appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Two Virgin Trains USA deals from Florida helped push the region's volume up 9.8% over last year, making it one of only two regions to sell more bonds.

California retained its top spot in total volume, but New York State dominated with deal size, with two deals in the top five and five in the top 10.

The supply-demand imbalance, a long-term volume horoscope and valuing climate change were among the topics debated at The Bond Buyer's Midwest Conference.

Morgan Stanley will price the flexible-rate deal with a 1.95% coupon, according to pre-sale pricing guidance.

The association filed a court brief supporting Indian River County’s appeal of private activity bonds for the privately owned passenger train project.

Officials with the private passenger train company said contractors have been hired to extend service from West Palm Beach to Orlando.

New York City’s water authority kicked off the week by offering bonds to individual investors on Monday.

Owners of the privately owned passenger train project plan to ask the Florida Development Finance Corp. to approve more bonds Friday.

The Florida Development Finance Corp.’s $1.75 billion bonds for the Virgin Trains USA passenger rail project found $4B of suitors.

Its $1.5 billion unrated deal will be sold to qualified institutional buyers to finance Florida’s privately owned passenger train project.