Southeast

The U.S. Department of Transportation told All Aboard Florida that it now has until Dec. 31 to sell the $1.15 billion of bonds.

S&P said a state law de-annexing a major portion of one city to create another may affect all of its Georgia municipal rating assessments.

A recent survey revealed that Davidson County voters overwhelmingly support an education bond package, but have little desire to pay for a new sports complex.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.

Economic development and infrastructure were the most mentioned issues by mayors in their annual states of the city addresses.

State-owned utility Santee Cooper received two subpoenas that appear to focus on a secret assessment report about the foundering project.

Pike County's “very weak” economy, budget performance and management led S&P Global Ratings to lower its ratings.

City officials have big hopes for the coming decade, including building new defenses against Norfolk's ever-worsening flooding and redeveloping a 200-acre swath east of downtown that contains aging public housing communities.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are the first states to have created charitable funds that taxpayers can contribute to in order to claim a charitable deduction in lieu of paying state and local taxes.

The $139 million refunding saved Alabama’s most populous county $12.35 million in debt-service costs.