Southeast

Florida lawmakers missed a deadline to strike a deal on the budget this week, sending the annual session into overtime.

A bond referendum for Anderson School District 4, S.C., was defeated by a large margin Tuesday.

Louisiana’s GOP-led Legislature wants severe cuts to balance the state budget instead of state tax reform.

The outlook on Mississippi’s AA S&P rating was revised to negative.

PICKENS, S.C. -- The new Pickens County Council voted Monday to undo two notable stands by the previous council.

The Georgia and South Carolina owners of nuclear units being built by bankrupt Westinghouse diverged on legal approaches.

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Two hundred girls basketball teams from around the country played on 10 indoor courts inside the Convention Center last weekend. If city leaders have their way, those teams could instead compete in a nearby field house within two years.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- If the community wants to see Natchez grow, Natchez-Adams Schools officials say the growth begins with education.

-By 19 votes, Lafourche Parish voters rejected a one-cent sales tax increase today that would have boosted school worker salaries.

JACKSON, Miss. -- The state Senate's minority leader said Wednesday he hopes Gov. Phil Bryant allows the Legislature to consider a bond bill in the upcoming special session.