Southeast

Two Alabama lawmakers' plan to co-sponsor bills altering the governance structure of the Birmingham Water Works Board is being opposed by local leaders.

A Florida judge says Jacksonville violated the state's open meeting law when collective bargaining over pensions was done in private.

Louisville, Ky., holds public workshops Jan. 13-17 for its strategic multi-model transportation planning effort known as "Move Louisville."

Reduced federal funding prompts Kentucky and Ohio to consider using a P3 to build the $3.57 billion Brent Spence Bridge Project between Kentucky and Cincinnati.

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings to A from A-plus on the Alabama Public Housing Finance Corp.'s 2003B bonds citing reduced federal funding.

Jefferson County, Ala., is out of municipal bankruptcy but appeals of the bankruptcy plan and criminal prosecutions will keep the county in the spotlight.

Important decisions lie ahead in the New Year for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority in central Florida, including hiring a new director.

A federal judge has ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against Miami, Fla. and its former budget director can continue in civil court, denying both defendants' motions to dismiss.

Louisville, Ky.'s KFC Yum! Center sports arena suffered a blow when Standard & Poor's dropped its investment-grade ratings on the arena's bonds to BB.

State budgets seem to be "stabilizing and settling into a period of modest growth," but recovery from the Great Recession is still "a work in progress," a report from the National Conference of State Legislatures found.