Southeast

The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over Jefferson County, Ala.'s Chapter 9 case tossed out billions in claims sought in two major suits.

Jefferson County, Ala., commissioners threatened to back out of a sewer warrant refunding critical to exiting bankruptcy without new haircuts from creditors.

Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy urged state agencies to quickly prepare bond transactions out of concern that interest rates will spike before the end of the year.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund should be less reliant on using municipal bonds to pay its bills in the future, and work on decreasing its exposure, the advisory board was told.

More than a year after closing the books for 2012, bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., has posted its audit for that year.

Florida will support Mississippi's federal lawsuit protesting large increases in national flood insurance premiums with a "friend of the court" brief.

Standard & Poor's dropped the rating of G-Star School of the Arts, a Florida charter school focusing on film and entertainment, to B-plus from BB.

Lawsuits in Kentucky seeking a rollback in tax rates for most library districts could result in multi-notch rating downgrades, Moody's warned.

Johnson Controls will implement energy and water conservation measures at Phillips State Prison in Georgia's first bond-financed energy performance contract.

A former financial advisor for bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., claims Citi, the investment bank heading up JeffCo’s sewer warrant refunding, violated Rule G-23.