Southeast

Georgia officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday signed the paperwork enabling the state to use bond proceeds to begin long-awaited work on the $706 million Port of Savannah harbor expansion.

All Aboard Florida , the proposed private passenger train service between Miami and Orlando, has applied for a $1.75B federal private activity bond allocation.

Florida's East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility expects to enter the bond market for the first time as a new credit later this month.

An Alabama federal judge's refusal to dismiss an appeal of Jefferson County's bankruptcy plan is credit negative for sewer warrant holders, Moody's said Oct. 6.

Charlotte, N.C., will ask the Local Government Commission Tuesday to approve a $498 million debt financing plan, which includes a GO bond referendum next month.

Fitch plans to investigate how the comptroller for Florida State University's Boosters allegedly stole as much as $700,000.

S&P raised its ratings to A from A-minus on Southwest Florida International Airport bonds based on improving passenger loads and financials.

South Florida environmentalists filed suit Thursday to stop dredging of the channel to ready the PortMiami for opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

Fluvanna County, Va.'s three-year legal tussle with Davenport & Co., has come to a close after the county's Board of Supervisors accepted an offer from the firm to drop its pursuit of $1.6 million in legal fees in exchange for an end to the suit and a public statement by the board retracting the claims it made against Davenport.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled Tuesday that appeals in Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy case will go forward.