Southeast

Florida-based Bryant Miller Olive PA hired three new attorneys to expand the firm's public finance practice.

An agreement on funding new and renewed transportation infrastructure could be the basis of a bipartisan budget deal, President Barack Obama said Friday at the Port of New Orleans in south Louisiana.

Tax law and rulings don't support the IRS' position that the Village Center Community Development District in Florida is not a political subdivision and cannot issue tax-exempt bonds, tax law professor Ellen P. Aprill contends.

Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy plan will eliminate dozens of suits, restructure debt, and offer the sewer system "a fresh start," court documents said.

Texas voters approved a $2 billion water bond program Tuesday in the largest of many bond related issues voters decided in the off-year.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., began marketing efforts in earnest in advance of selling $1.74 billion of sewer system refunding warrants to finance its exit from Chapter 9.

The Internal Revenue Service has closed an audit of series 2005E and series 2007B hospital revenue bonds issued by the Highlands County, Fla. Health Facilities Authority with no change to the bonds’ tax-exempt status.

Former JPMorgan bankers argue that bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala.'s swap transactions are outside the Securities and Exchange Commission’s purview.

A North Carolina judge has bounced the governance dispute over Charlotte Douglas International Airport back to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi settled foreign currency transaction charges and securities lending issues with Bank of New York Mellon for $28 million.