Southeast

Birmingham, Ala., Mayor William Bell reportedly wants to ask voters for twice the bonding authority he originally sought, according to the Birmingham News.

Federal bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett on Monday continued indefinitely proceedings related to Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.’s request for sewer rate increases in Jefferson County.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee passed an amended bill Tuesday that is designed to bring fiscal relief to bankrupt Jefferson County.

BRADENTON, Fla. — For the first time in years, the Mississippi Legislature has ended its annual session without passing a bill authorizing new bonds for capital projects.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Kentucky is seeking proposals from qualified teams to build its half of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.

Few days remain in the Alabama Legislature's annual session and lawmakers continue to argue over whether to provide bankrupt Jefferson County fiscal relief.

DALLAS — The Louisiana House Appropriations Committee late Tuesday passed a $25 billion budget for fiscal 2013, but had to balance the spending with $340 million of one-time money and cuts to services.

Trustees of the French Quarter Management District voted last week to oppose a legislative effort to establish a hospitality district encompassing the New Orleans neighborhood with the authority to issue bonds and create sub-districts for projects funded with tax-increment financing.

The Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority are leaning toward building a new football stadium with a retractable roof rather than renovate the existing Georgia Dome, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Georgia-based American Maglev Technology Inc. has proposed a 15-mile, $315 million elevated magnetic levitation train project to connect Orlando International Airport with several locations in central Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel.