Southeast

Gov. Bevin said after a canvass of the Nov. 5 election results that, "based on the vote of the people," Democrat Andy Beshear had won.

The $1 billion bi-state agreement includes building a wider bridge over the Potomac and adding tolled express lanes.

NDH founder Scott Haber told Louisiana officials that state tax credits can provide seed funding for public-private partnership projects.

Gov. Brian Kemp asked state agencies to reduce spending by 4% in the current budget and by 6% in fiscal 2021.

Moody's Investors Service says the law is good for holders of local GO bonds, though it remains untested in bankruptcy court.

Transportation Secretary James Trogdon says Dale Folwell's allegations of overspending are unsupported.

A special master will hear oral arguments Thursday in the federal lawsuit Florida filed in 2013, as both states incur significant legal costs.

The ruling is credit negative but the district has a large budget and revenue-raising flexibility to absorb the liability, Moody's Investors Service says.

The volume boom accelerated in October, with taxables accounting for about a quarter of the supply.

The board overseeing the Jacksonville-owned municipal electric, water, and sewer utility plans to decide by March if JEA should be be privatized.