Southeast

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

Private placements and direct bank loans allow more direct investor communication for issuers of all stripes, advocates say.

Neighbors, who specializes in P3s, is a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office.

The first installment on a $650 million highway borrowing plan, including major projects in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, won easy approval Thursday from the State Bond Commission.

Atlanta officials are facing another potential challenge to how the city has conducted business at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, even as they try to tamp down a state push to take over the airport.

Federal transportation officials authorized another $950 million in private activity bonds for Brightline, also known as Virgin Trains USA.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Rebuild Alabama Act into law, increasing state gas taxes for the first time in 26 years.

The Trump administration will finalize $3.7 billion in loan guarantees to Southern Co. and its partners who are building a troubled nuclear reactor project in Georgia.

This week's deal will prime the pump for another $2.5 billion in loans Freddie Mac plans to securitize in the next two to three years.

All of the nation's top producing states can look for a smoother ride in 2019, S&P analysts say.