Southeast

West Virginia voters kept Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, in office to serve a full four-year term.

North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory is calling for a 25-year transportation and infrastructure plan after leading a GOP sweep of the governorship and the Legislature.

The Miami-Dade County Commission last week made an exception in procurement regulations and added Drexel Hamilton LLC to the county’s qualified pool of underwriters.

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. filed a motion seeking relief in Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy case saying the county proposed minimal sewer rate increases that may not support the outstanding $3.1 billion of debt.

Standard & Poor’s upgraded to AA from BBB bonds of the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority, Ala. after it determined there would be no impact from Jefferson County’s bankruptcy filing.

Ascension Parish, La. voters handily defeated a proposal to increase the local sales tax to support a bond-funded plan to upgrade roads.

Election results are being challenged in Richland County, S.C., where voters apparently approved a $450 million bond authorization.

Tennessee expects to sell one of the largest competitive deals this week with $140 million of general obligation bonds backed by the state's full faith and credit.

An "ad hoc" group holding $676 million of Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer warrants says the bankrupt county has failed to propose reasonable sewer rate increases that protect their holdings.

An attorney representing the Florida Village Center Community Development District has sent a letter to the IRS office of chief counsel challenging its tentative decision that the authority is not a political subdivision.