Southeast

Florida’s attorneys will argue to the U.S. Supreme Court that it should cap Georgia’s fresh water consumption.

Mayor Keisha Bottoms said housing affordability, transparency, public safety, education, and transportation are priorities.

Gov. Henry McMaster said the only way to stop rate increases to pay for the failed Summer nuclear project is to sell the state-owned utility.

Three lawsuits will determine what community development districts must do to buy property, and what developers must do with aging amenities.

The state also warned that $1 billion in cuts could be needed in 2019-2020 due to rising pension and Medicaid costs.

If Chattanooga Lookouts team owners decide to seek public tax support for a new baseball stadium in the city's South Broad Street district, they could find their path narrowed considerably under proposed legislation introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly by two local lawmakers.

Former Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee was fond of calling the decision to build a taxpayer-funded stadium for the Atlanta Braves the "biggest economic development deal in our county's history."

The USDOT's approval of the allocation triggered threats from opponents that legal action will be taken.

The project to protect environmentally sensitive areas like the Florida Everglades from toxic algae could cost close to $2 billion.

Gov. John Bel Edwards said lawmakers must agree to replace $1 billion in expiring revenues by Jan. 19 or he will cut the budget.