Southeast

Ballard Spahr has promoted public finance attorney Han Choi to be managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office.

Florida does not have capacity to issue a significant amount of new debt within policy guidelines in fiscal 2014, though financial metrics show the state's revenues have recovered better than anticipated.

The South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads has begun to lobby for an increase in the state's motor fuel tax to fund more than $50 billion in needed transportation improvements.

Standard & Poor's last week revised its outlook to negative from stable on bonds issued by Louisiana's Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 issued on behalf of East Jefferson General Hospital.

Wells Fargo Bank NA said in a market notice that it would not distribute Jan. 1 interest payments due on $18.93 million of uninsured, defaulted bonds sold for three popular Georgia charter schools.

Qualifications from 10 firms interested in providing architectural services for the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium have been submitted to the team and the Georgia World Congress Center, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

The Indiana Finance Authority finalized its agreement and reached commercial close on a deal with WVB East End Partners to design and build the state's part of the massive bi-state Ohio River Bridges Project.

Miami-Dade County is looking for partners to develop a multi-attraction entertainment destination adjoining Zoo Miami to compete with central Florida's mega-theme parks.

Aviation in North Carolina contributes about $26 billion to the state's economy, or 6% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a study.

North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell hired Kevin SigRist as the new chief investment officer for the $77 billion North Carolina Retirement Systems.