Southeast

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will consider a consultant's recommendations to increase revenues, including outsourcing, advertising on buses and trains, and new fees.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., told general obligation warrants holders Wednesday that it plans to default on the warrants until they are restructured in the county's Chapter 9 case.

Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation is challenging the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project and wants a federal judge to order Kentucky and Indiana to stop work.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded Jupiter, Fla.'s general obligation bonds to Aaa from Aa1, giving the town three gilt-edge ratings.

Sarasota, Fla. Finance Director Chris Lyons will retire.

Jefferson County, Ala., commissioners approved a restructuring agreement with Ambac Assurance Corp. to reduce annual payments securing revenue warrants.

Moody's Investors Service said Monday that the Sept. 18 decision by Alabama voters to enable the state to draw funds from an endowment to prop up the 2013 budget is a credit negative.

The Georgia Transportation Board has agreed to a financing plan for the nearly $1 billion Northwest Corridor project that could see more than half of the cost funded with bonds.

The Virginia Housing Development Authority, among the highest-rated such agencies in the U.S., is set to price $175 million of taxable rental housing bonds on Tuesday.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission wants underwriters selling $350 million of state highway revenue bonds to develop a structure to take advantage of the market's current low interest rates.