Southeast

Lakeland Regional Health and Orlando Health disclosed to bondholders on EMMA that they have signed a letter of intent to create an integrated regional health care system.

Tennessee House GOP leaders are at odds with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam over road funding proposals.

North Carolina’s $38 billion of unfunded pension and retiree healthcare costs led a key committee to advise raising the state’s debt capacity and increasing annual funding to address the liabilities.

President Trump's "sanctuary city" order is expected to foreshadow more long-term turbulence for urban-federal relations as the president sought to force compliance with his objectives by threatening to cut federal funding.

A federal court should dismiss two lawsuits challenging bond financing for the All Aboard Florida train project because the new administration will review future private-activity bond applications, court filings said.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a record $83.5 billion budget for fiscal 2018 that could set the stage for a confrontation with lawmakers over borrowing plans.

Louisiana may rely on a P3 to finance the widening and other upgrades to Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge.

The bonds of 16 affordable housing properties affiliated with Global Ministries Fellowship were downgraded by S&P Global Ratings, sending 14 more of the credits to junk.

A federal judge has denied former Miami budget director Michael Boudreaux's motion for a new trial after a jury found him guilty of securities fraud for misleading municipal bond investors, but he is still exploring options for appeal, his lawyer said.

Facing a second $300 million deficit this year, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said lawmakers must meet in a special session and “use a scalpel, not a sledge hammer” to make strategic cuts.