Southeast

Some investors holding millions of dollars of bonds in default in the Florida panhandle are upset by what they see as inaction by trustee Bank of Oklahoma Financial and a fired employee with links to accused fraudster Christopher Brogdon.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have created an independent authority to take over Gainesville Regional Utilities.

Gov. Rick Scott signed the Utility Cost Containment Bond Act into law.

Mississippi state senators approve a placeholder measure that keeps a proposed gas tax increase on the table.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority could pursue a portion of its $8 billion expansion plan under terms of a bill Georgia legislators passed shortly before adjourning.

A Florida bill that an industry association believes could increase borrowing costs for Gainesville Regional Utilities has been sent to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature.

Gov. Rick Scott signed the $82.3 billion budget for 2017 law late Thursday night, vetoing $256 million in line-item expenses sought by the Legislature.

West Virginia’s legislators ended their session unable to reach a compromise on a fiscal 2017 budget, as revenue estimates tumbled even lower than anticipated.

Alabama proposal would set its gasoline tax rate to match the average fuel levy in surrounding states.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission approved a $600 million general obligation refunding Thursday that will delay $81.6 million in bond payments this fiscal year and $30 million in fiscal 2017.