Southeast

Larry Langford, who orchestrated Jefferson County's failed sewer financings, refuted reports of his death but said he is quite sick and has been denied a request for early release from prison.

Jefferson County, Ala., approved a plan with JPMorgan, bond insurers and seven hedge funds holding $2.4 billion of sewer warrants that could help the county exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The Louisiana House unanimously rejected Senate amendments to its $25 billion state budget bill for fiscal 2014, creating a standoff that may require a special session to settle.

The Kentucky State Property & Buildings Commission Tuesday prices $144.4 million of revenue bonds for retail investors with institutional sales to follow.

Jefferson County, Ala., has a busy week ahead with major court hearings on the county's Chapter 9 exit plan and motions to dismiss a suit claiming the county's sewer swaps are invalid.

Twenty-nine technical training projects at two-year colleges in Louisiana will be funded with $251.6 million of state bonds that won final legislative approval Friday.

Kentucky's McCracken County School District, with the help of an extraordinary call provision, is refunding its Build America Bonds to avoid a budget pinch because of the reduced federal subsidy.

With two rating upgrades, Orange County, Fla., will sell $40.2 million of public service tax refunding revenue bonds competitively on Tuesday.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has filed a $300 million capital spending plan for fiscal year 2014, which is eventually expected to be bond-financed.

As Tennessee's long-time debt manager retires, Mary-Margaret Collier says she is preoccupied by the prospect that bonds could lose their tax exemption.