Southeast

The Atlanta City Council on Monday is expected to pass a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 2019.

The merger will extend Nelson Mullins' reach to the third-most populous state and expand its public finance group.

The Poinciana Community Development Districts argue that "issue preclusion” should bar some objections to the validation of $102 million of bonds.

John Bel Edwards also called a new special session in hopes of solving an impasse on priority spending.

S&P Global Ratings revised the state's outlook to stable from negative, and Moody’s says the budget's Medicaid expansion is credit positive for hospitals.

Members of the state Parkways Authority approved a bond resolution Thursday authorizing the sale of more than $300 million in bonds, to be funded by doubling tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike.

The Kentucky county’s BB general obligation bond rating was withdrawn less than a month after S&P Global Ratings downgraded the bonds seven notches.

The plan would raise power costs, but analysts say municipal utilities and energy cooperatives can absorb the increases or pass them on to customers.

Gov. John Bel Edwards objected to a spending plan that would impose cuts of more than 24% on most state agencies.

For three hours Monday, members of the state Parkways Authority hashed out details for the sale of more than $300 million of turnpike bonds, a plan the authority is expected to formally approve on Thursday.