Southeast

Atlanta-based IFS Securities hired former New York Gov. David Paterson as chief strategist of U.S. affairs and chairman of the firm's advisory board.

The Louisiana Transportation Funding Task Force holds its first meeting Sept. 10 to begin studying new ways of funding road and bridge projects.

Miami-Dade County commissioners will consider placing a $540 million bond issue on the November ballot to build a new courthouse.

The terms of a loan turned the outlook on Florida Gulf Coast University's debt to negative, and could result in a rating downgrade of two notches, Standard & Poor's said.

Kentucky's auditor wants legislators to restructure the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport board after uncovering questionable expenses, policies.

A long-awaited report that recommends West Virginia issue $1.5 billion in bonds to fund transportation projects will be released in September.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority closes on a $1.3 billion federal loan to complete the final 11 miles of a light-rail line to Dulles International Airport.

Florida's government pensions generally don't drive negative credit pressure partly because of the flexibility to change benefits prospectively, Moody's said.

North Carolina's Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to price $110 million in revenue bonds in a rare competitive deal.

A group of ratepayers from a Chicago suburb are suing five advisors and consultants, accusing them of misrepresenting the value of participation in the bond-financed Prairie State Energy Campus to the city of Batavia.