Southeast

"We continue to see very strong job numbers. Florida is in as good of a position as we could possibly be," said Jimmy Heckman of the state Department of Economic Opportunity.

Knotts has almost 15 years of experience in state government and will advise clients in public finance and on economic development matters across Tennessee.

In 2021, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a 19-year $135 million naming rights deal with FTX for the homecourt of the NBA's Miami Heat.

The upgrades follow Fitch's upgrade of Morgan Stanley, the guarantor to the gas supplier in all of the transactions.

Annual contributions to the General Reserve Fund will increase to 7% of the previous year's revenue from the current rate of 5%.

Fitch also affirmed the A rating on $800.3 million of senior lien seaport revenue bonds Miami-Dade County issued on behalf of its seaport department.

The North Carolina Medical Care Commission got the green light to issue $105.1 million of tax-exempt revenue bonds to fund a five-story building that will house 71 independent living apartments.

After four hurricanes and 11 insurer insolvencies, a $458 million deal for the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association supplies capital to pay claims.

The market has seen outflows for 13 straight weeks, per Refinitiv Lipper, but Nuveen strategists Anders S. Persson and John V. Miller said "selling is due primarily to investors harvesting tax losses."

The county plans to expand the existing Metromover to create a transit corridor that will connect the cities of Miami and Miami Beach without riders having to transfer.