Southeast

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., has reintroduced two bills aimed at giving Virginia control of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and strengthening government oversight of the scandal-wracked issuer.

A ruling by the Florida Supreme Court last week upholding the state's pension reform measures is a positive credit factor, according to Standard & Poor's.

Public Financial Management Inc. has hired veteran Georgia banker Dick Layton as a director in the firm's financial advisory practice in Atlanta.

Faced with decreased state funding, Kentucky's eight public universities are asking the state for permission to issue their own bonds for pent-up capital needs.

Bond-related bills pending in the Virginia House of Delegates would limit toll increases on the Dulles Toll Road and authorize the commonwealth, through authorities, to purchase and control the privately-owned Dulles Greenway.

Valarie Williams, director of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, has been appointed to an Advisory Council of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.

Louisiana will upgrade more than 1,000 miles of state rural roads in 63 parishes with next week’s sale of $249.2 million of highway improvement bonds.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking public input on 20-year plan that will create a strategy for improving the state’s transportation systems.

A win by the Atlanta Falcons against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday could go a long way toward advancing the team’s quest for a new stadium, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal hinted.

Florida's Miami Dolphins have renewed a proposal for public funding to help pay for upgrading their 25-year-old football stadium, which they hope will win the 50th Super Bowl game in 2016.