- Louisiana
New Orleans will remove unsecured taxable variable-rate pension debt seen as dragging down the city's credit quality at the cost of a huge swap termination payout to PaineWebber Capital Services.
October 10
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Fitch dropped the outlook on Forrest County General Hospital, Miss. to negative while affirming its A rating.
October 10 - Texas
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority hired Keith T. Parker away from the VIA transit agency in San Antonio to be its new general manager and CEO.
October 10 - Florida
Fitch Ratings upgraded to AA-plus about $93 million of utility system revenue bonds of the Tohopekaliga Water Authority, Fla.
October 10 - Alabama
Birmingham, Ala., voters overwhelmingly approved ballot measures authorizing $150 million of general obligation bonds.
October 10 - Florida
Moody's Investors Service said Monday that a rate hike on insurance premiums for customers of Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is credit positive. Citizens has about $5.4 billion of municipal debt outstanding.
October 9 - Georgia
Quick contract ratifications by orchestra musicians in Atlanta and Chicago after short labor stoppages bolster both credits and cast a favorable light on the sector in general, Moody’s said.
October 5 - Florida
Voters across Florida face 11 constitutional amendments next month, and two of them could significantly impact revenues for state and local government budgets.
October 3 - Louisiana
Louisiana State Representative Jerome "Dee" Richard has initiated the process to call a special session to reconsider Gov. Bobby Jindal's recent budget cuts.
October 3 - Georgia
Standard & Poor's lowered its underlying rating on Woodstock, Ga.'s general obligation bonds three notches to A-minus.
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