Southeast

Virginia planners determine that express toll lanes on Interstate 66 is best way to cut travel times.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s long-time chief Jack Nicholson plans to oversee the issuance of $1.2 billion of taxable bonds in February before retiring.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley asked lawmakers to raise the state's gasoline tax and cut the income tax rate.

Wilmington Trust hired Joy Holloway as a corporate trust relationship manager in the global capital markets division and will be based in the company's Richmond, Va., office.

The Internal Revenue Service appears is stepping up its audit of $80 million of Arborwood Community Development District's 2006 bonds and appears to be focusing in part on the Florida CDD's board and land that may have been purchased at too high of a price.

Facing a $2.65 billion budget deficit, newly elected Gov. John Bel Edwards has released a slate of options that he said would deal with the largest budget shortfall Louisiana has ever faced.

Rep. Brad Montell, R-Shelbyville, wants the Bluegrass state to study municipal bankruptcy laws around the country, and determine if the state should institute an oversight program.

Louisiana's budget deficit is a credit negative and it has a narrow window to cure its current-year shortfall, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

The St. Petersburg, Fla., City Council voted Thursday to allow the Tampa Bay Rays to search for a new Major League Baseball stadium site in the region.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will not propose an increase in the state’s gasoline and diesel taxes during the 2016 legislative session.