Southeast

Columbia, S.C., has promised to spend more than $750 million to settle federal charges related to contaminating local waters with untreated sewage.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Miami, Fla., and the city's former budget director agree they are unlikely to settle a bond-related securities fraud case and that the trial will be lengthy, according to a joint scheduling report they filed with a federal court in Miami.

Kentucky and Indiana officials set the base toll rates that drivers will pay on the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project at a special meeting Sept. 11.

Louisiana’s looming tax amnesty will generate the $200 million needed to balance the fiscal 2014 budget, revenue secretary says.

The Kentucky Turnpike Authority expects to price $186.85 million of new road revenue bonds this week.

A regional commission to operate Charlotte-Douglas International Airport is being appointed while the FAA is determining if the panel can hold the airport’s operating license.

The Florida Department of Transportation is seeking proposals from investors and developers to finance, design, and build the state's first privately operated tolled expressway.

S&P has junked the rating of Florida's Learning Gate Community School to BB citing liquidity and operating performance at the long-time charter school.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's blue ribbon commission on highways in West Virginia is considering a $1 billion transportation bond program.

Richland County, S.C., voters will vote in November to decide whether to impose a new property tax to bond-finance build and expand existing libraries.