Southeast

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Indian River County, Florida's request for a writ of certiorari, leaving Brightline's bond financing intact.

Georgia's MEAG Power, Jacksonville, Florida, and its utility, JEA, received two-notch rating boosts from Moody’s after settling their federal lawsuit.

Bond restructurings are expected to save Virginia's public colleges and universities $300 million by deferring debt service payments for two years.

One muni bond sector that had been a go-to for heavier allocations was utilities, according to Kim Olsan.

Even with revised estimates amid the pandemic, year-over-year revenue collections in Florida were down 4.6% in August compared with 2019.

The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority will be in the market with almost $250 million of public housing project refunding bonds.

Florida State University's voluntary disclosure on lower dormitory occupancy is an example of providing timely information, Moody's Investors Service said.

A multi-part study by Cornell Consulting concludes that Florida should not build three major toll roads that are under consideration.

The Florida Cabinet approved new money and refunding bonds, some of which may be sold as taxable debt with advance tax-exempt refundings no longer possible.

Jim Beard, Atlanta's CFO for seven years, was charged by a federal grant jury with fraud, theft of government funds and purchasing illegal machine guns.