Southeast

The House speaker wants a $2 billion school bond bill to fund capital needs, but the Senate's leader wants a pay-as-you-go approach.

FA Jeff Larson said the $2.7 billion in nonrated bonds are expected to price in late March.

Bedarff was a fixture in the Kentucky and Ohio public finance worlds and a nationally respected expert.

Lawmakers, without making a decision to sell, voted to get formal offers for the state-owned utility from four companies.

Municipal bond issuance jumped 29.2% in February, and may climb further as the initial effects of the 2017 tax act fade.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. has also changed the date and location of the meeting where it will decide if it will approve the bonds.

The surge in gas deals couldn’t overcome the region’s sharp decline in refundings, which led to an overall 22.6% volume decline.

The tax cap, and a voter ID measure, are unconstitutional because the state legislature is illegally racially gerrymandered, a Wake County judge ruled.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it had no authority over JEA’s agreement with the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to buy nuclear power.

Municipal bond buyers gave a warm reception to the two deals totaling $473 million.