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All Aboard Florida said it anticipates launching its Brightline-branded private passenger train service between Miami and West Palm Beach in September, following an introductory roll-out phase.

The Florida House Friday voted to abolish Enterprise Florida, the state’s business development program, and to establish strict controls over the Visit Florida tourism agency, drawing swift rebuke from Gov. Rick Scott.

For the first time in fiscal 2017, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said monthly state revenues declined in February with collections down by $70 million or 5.6% compared to February 2016.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards wants coastal protection projects added to the president's high-priority infrastructure list in order to receive expedited federal approval.

Sports industry consultant Dave Howard will lead Florida’s privately owned passenger train project as Fortress Investment Group explores expanding All Aboard Florida’s Brightline-branded service to other states.

Florida legislative leaders signaled they are out of lockstep with the governor's policies on economic development, borrowing, and state spending as their legislative session began this week.

The Glades Correctional Development Corp. in south-central Florida shorted its March 1 debt-service payment, the trustee said in a notice, as the date for a taxable bond exchange approaches due to an IRS ruling.

California efforts to embed more consumer protections into PACE loans are advancing on two tracks.

Gov. Roy Cooper received quick pushback from North Carolina’s GOP-led General Assembly to his first budget, which proposes 4.5% in more state spending in fiscal 2018 as well as expanding Medicaid.

Public finance attorneys Kenneth Pollock and Laurie Schwartz are working in Butler Snow’s Atlanta office and Jamie Garner is in the firm’s Macon office.