Southeast

Bill raising Tennessee gas tax paves way for Nashville vote on sales tax for transit.

South Carolina-based Pope Flynn hired public finance tax attorney Marc Oberdorff to serve as senior counsel in the firm’s Columbia office, the firm announced.

Louisiana was not penalized by the market after its third rating downgrade in a year, getting strong bids for this week’s general obligation bond pricing.

Heightened concern about a potential Westinghouse bankruptcy filing resulted in negative outlooks on municipal bonds issued for new nuclear units the company is building in Georgia and South Carolina.

Jefferson County can refinance $500 million of outstanding limited-obligation school warrants, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in a decision that could put the county in the bond market by mid-year.

Legislation before the South Carolina Legislature that proposes new pension reforms are positive for near-term funding needs, but S&P analysts believe they may be insufficient over the long term.

Amie Riggle Berlin, the SEC’s lawyer who handled its case against Miami and Michael Boudreaux, explained the important aspects of a reliance on professionals defense and the need for issuers to stay truthful in their offering documents during a conference panel.

Legislative battles break out in South Carolina and Tennessee over proposed state gasoline tax hikes.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a special master’s recommendation, largely favoring Georgia and water agencies there, in the lawsuit Florida filed against Georgia over the apportionment of water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.

Louisiana’s general obligation bond rating took another hit as S&P Global Ratings downgraded the state one notch to AA-minus.