Southeast

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Thursday to consider whether it will review the so-called water war case between Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

The governing board for Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. last week voted to hire a new president from the private insurance sector.

Tampa Bay Water's governing board Monday decided to move forward with an appeal in its suit challenging what it believes is a faulty reservoir design.

Jefferson County residents complain that creditors holding $3.14 billion of defaulted sewer warrants helped push the county into Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Atlanta City Council late Monday approved a $1.8 billion budget that won't require an increase in property taxes in fiscal 2013.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Gilt-edged Georgia plans to competitively sell $741.5 million of new and refunding general obligation bonds this week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The National Environmental Policy Act was violated when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear plant licensing, environmentalists have argued in a federal appeal.

DALLAS — Louisiana will continue its 2013 refunding campaign next week with a planned $580.7 million negotiated deal as the state seeks to lower debt service costs in fiscal 2013 and beyond.

BRADENTON, Fla. - John Forney, a public finance advisor and specialist in insurance and catastrophe bonds at Raymond James | Morgan Keegan, is leaving the investment bank to become chief executive officer of a Florida-based property insurance company.

The Louisiana Department of Highways and Economic Development will produce a report by the end of 2012 on whether tolls can help finance construction of the final 136 miles of Interstate Highway 49 from Lafayette to New Orleans.