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A major state bridge repair and replacement program was launched as the turnpike authority’s bond ratings were downgraded because of pension liabilities.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will issue $1.75 billion of bonds for the privately owned passenger train project.

Brevard County will subsidize Bezos' Blue Origin with $8 million, though a recent court ruling says it can't issue bonds to raise the funds.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will be asked to be the conduit issuer for $1.75 billion of PABs on behalf of the project's private owners.

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

Jacksonville-based JEA wants the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to vote against continuing the project.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the state’s general obligation bond rating to stable from negative and affirmed its AA-minus rating.

James J. O'Neil received a 12-month suspension from the market for his role in the flipping and kickback scheme.

The now-defunct unregistered broker-dealer Core Performance Management, LLC, and four of its former employees settled fraud and MSRB rule violations with the SEC for engaging in municipal bond flipping and kickback scheme.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”