Southeast

In the first tranche of its $800 million sale, West Virginia says residents will get an opportunity to invest in the state.

S&P Global Ratings said the Bluegrass state has become more vulnerable to fiscal stress.

Facing a May 31 deadline to issue the $1.15 billion of PABs, All Aboard Florida asked the federal transportation agency for extra time to sell the debt.

Public transit agencies have a $90 billion backlog of maintenance, repair and modernization projects.

Stockbridge's attorneys filed a state constitutional challenge in local court, and plan to file a civil rights complaint in federal court soon.

Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $1 billion at a time.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has called lawmakers to the capitol on May 22 to deal with the budget deficit.

Bills that stripped territory from Stockbridge without apportioning its debt are credit negative for Georgia local governments and could impose higher borrowing costs.

The Miami-Dade County School District improved its disclosure practices to provide better bond investor outreach.

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.