Southeast

With Florida facing a structural budget imbalance, lawmakers advanced a comprehensive gaming bill that would bring millions in new revenue and establish “predictability for our state budget,” its sponsor said.

In oral arguments on Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy plan last month, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals expressed concern that ratepayers challenging the plan did not request a stay before bonds were sold.

Most of the oil states have gone into recession, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report.

After R.J. Reynolds sold four cigarette brands to ITG Brands, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi sued the companies saying they have refused to comply with terms of the state’s 1997 tobacco settlement deal.

Arlington Memorial Bridge was closed to vehicles during inaugural weekend to prevent further damage to the historic span.

Louisiana now pegs its official mid-year deficit at $304 million, a number that is complicating the state’s ability to issue new debt.

Incoming Trump administration officials ask Virginia for a list of infrastructure projects with their own revenue source.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam rolled out legislation Wednesday that would cut taxes and increase transportation funding for the first time in 28 years.

With a privately owned passenger train service just months away from starting up in south Florida, opponents told a federal judge it would be inequitable to dismiss their lawsuits because of a “backroom” deal involving public financing for the project.

A significant increase in Birmingham, Ala.’s pension liabilities led Fitch Ratings to cut the city’s issuer default and bond ratings by one notch to AA-minus, and to revise the rating outlook to negative.