Southeast

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Thursday morning granted Atlanta another 13 years to complete consent-related work on its massive sewer repair program.

A favorable market and investor interest led Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to price $338 million of taxable pension obligation bonds Wednesday, a day earlier than originally planned.

Florida's Fort Lauderdale plans to sell $338 million of taxable pension obligation bonds in a deal designed to entice and assure investors by limiting future benefit hikes.

Officials in Richland County, S.C., have begun public meetings and speaking engagements to educate voters on a $450 million general obligation bond measure.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission will select underwriters and bond counsel for $334 million of revenue bonds backed by the state highway improvement fund.

The Atlanta City Council reauthorized a $350 million commercial paper program for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a lawsuit challenging the Legislature's education budget cuts must go forward.

The judge overseeing Jefferson County's bankruptcy case has rejected requests to set a deadline for preparing a plan of adjustment.

Alabama voters gave state officials authority to transfer funds from a trust referred to as the "state savings account" to avoid a general fund deficit.

Moody's Investors Service does not anticipate any disruption in debt-service payments by issuers in Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricane Isaac.