Southeast

The University of Florida's Shands Healthcare has agreed to pay $26.2 million to settle allegations due to overpayments by Medicare and Medicaid.

Louisiana's coastal protection agency is officially opposed to a multi-billion dollar lawsuit brought by a levee district against oil companies.

Florida's debt management policy now requires that underwriters certify that they are not engaging in prohibited transactions with Iran or Sudan.

Backed by rating upgrades, Atlanta plans to price $328.7 million of water and wastewater revenue bonds Tuesday and plans to sell another $240 million next month.

Refundings by local governments approved Aug. 15 by the Louisiana State Bond Commission cut debt service by almost $900,000.

The Louisiana state agency responsible for coastal protection may ask for dismissal of a levee district lawsuit seeking billions of dollars as damages from oil companies.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Morris Brown College rejected a plan to help the college exit bankruptcy and also help locate a new Atlanta Falcons stadium but the proposal is still in play.

Virginia finished its 2013 fiscal year with a $585 million budget surplus, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced

The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority, which has been in default on toll revenue bonds since July 2011, has agreed to have a traffic study done.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an updated Form 5701 Notice of Proposed Issue to Florida's Village Center Community Development District this week with regard to it not being a political subdivision for tax-exempt financing purposes.