Southeast

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.

Port St. Lucie, Fla. is telling bondholders that the bankruptcy of Digital Domain will not impede debt-service payments on bonds issued for the firm's abandoned campus there.

The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority, which built a north Florida toll bridge with bonds that are now in default, will ask the trustee to fund its first audit in 12 years.

Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater will outline a plan to hire a debt collection consultant to advise Louisiana on how to collect its unpaid receivables.

Kentucky's general fund collections receipts have been nearly flat for the first two months of fiscal 2013, according Mary Lassiter, the state budget director.