Southeast

Uncertainty in the muni market is rising as Jefferson County, Ala., appeals a federal judge's decision upholding a portion of the bankruptcy code that has protected bondholders so far.

Voters in unincorporated Ascension Parish, La., will vote on a 0.5% sales tax that would support $80 million of revenue bonds for road improvements.

The Louisiana will sell $350 million of state road bonds at one time rather than spreading the deal into three tranches, on the advice of Treasurer John Kennedy.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's new chief executive, Keith T. Parker, signed a five-year contract with a base salary of $320,000 a year.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed Florida's Aa1 implied general obligation bond rating, and said the state is unlikely to win a gilt-edged upgrade in the near future.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., is on a course to make changes in its sewer system rates, with plans to hear from sewer rate consultant, Eric Rothstein.

Miami-Dade County, Fla., this week prices the first of two deals that will bring nearly $1.5 billion of bonds to market within a month.

Some 113 of Florida's cities, counties, and special districts could be declared in a state of financial emergency, according to a recent assessment of fiscal 2011 audits.

DALLAS – Louisiana State Bond Commission has given preliminary approval for $450 million of fixed-rate bonds to refund $294.3 million of bonds issued in 2006 for repairs to the Superdome in New Orleans.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $110.4 million of communication system revenue bonds that were issued in 2007 by Lafayette, La. to finance startup costs of the city-owned utility that sells television, Internet and telephone services to residents.