Southeast

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam wants local officials to join his call for more state funding for transportation infrastructure.

Fitch Ratings upgraded to A from A-minus the ratings on a Florida Department of Transportation TIFIA loan that financed a rental car facility in Miami.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it reached an undisclosed settlement with two ex-JPMorgan bankers involved in Jefferson County, Ala.’s sewer deals.

Louisville, Ky., issuers plan to bring $550.9 million of bonds to the market this month and in November offering investors a variety of high-grade paper.

Hillview, Ky.’s largest creditor, Truck America LLC, said Thursday that the city may not be eligible for bankruptcy because the state’s law is invalid.

North Carolina legislators passed the $2 billion Connect NC Bond Act before adjourning a record nine-month session on Wednesday.

As Jefferson County, Ala., defends its bankruptcy plan, the county must also clear new legal hurdles in order to return to the bond market later this year.

A bond investor’s suspicions triggered a municipal bond trustee’s firing of a vice president but the question remains: what happened to more than $2 million?

Kentucky cities and power boards formed a new joint action agency that hopes to find lower power costs after shedding contracts with investor-owned Kentucky Utilities.

A governor-appointed panel studying Kentucky’s $14 billion teachers’ pension liability heard various options for dealing with the underfunding, including the use of pension bonds.