Southeast

The Georgia Department of Transportation last week issued a request for qualifications for firms interested in designing, building and partially financing the nearly 30-mile, $1 billion Northwest Corridor project along Interstate 75 and 575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties.

Florida’s three largest counties, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, are reporting their first annual increase in taxable property values since 2007.

Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy case administrator must search for new members to serve on a committee representing unsecured creditors, Judge Thomas Bennett ruled last week.

WASHINGTON — The Virginia Resources Authority withdrew a $46 million chunk of its nearly $400 million pool bond issue last month and is reissuing it in a stand-alone deal scheduled to close next week, after a group of citizens questioned the legality of the transaction.

BRADENTON, Fla. – Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s tax-exempt bond offering Tuesday was oversubscribed 2-1/2 times after receiving $3.8 billion in orders.

BRADENTON, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation is preparing to raise tolls to help finance $1.8 billion of road improvement projects.

DALLAS — The New Orleans City Council gave preliminary approval Thursday to two debt refunding proposals that could total $370 million if the market cooperates.

BRADENTON, Fla. — After the sale of $673 million of bonds to finance most of North Carolina's second toll road — the 19.7-mile Monroe Connector — the project has stalled.

Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will bring $1.25 billion of bonds and notes to market in a deal that could be upsized to $1.5 billion if conditions warrant.

The Louisiana House on Monday approved $3.4 billion of aid to local education in fiscal 2013 by a narrow, disputed vote in the final hours of the 2012 session.