Southeast

DALLAS — Louisiana spent $72 million over 14 years on a failed syrup mill while receiving only scant returns from its investment, including $45 million of revenue bonds issued in 2004 by the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

BRADENTON, Fla. — After a successful and rare competitive deal last year, Appalachian State University in northwestern North Carolina this week plans to competitively sell $25.8 million of general revenue refunding bonds.

The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District is asking Louisiana lawmakers for $60 million of capital construction funding over two years for upgrades required under a new agreement between the state and the New Orleans Hornets basketball team.

Louisiana State University supervisors will consider a request Friday for $100 million of revenue bonds to add seats at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Friday vetoed a bill that would have established a new tax-credit program designed to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, and reduce its reliance on the bond market.

Miami Beach on Monday received qualifications from eight teams interested in a public-private partnership with the city to develop a 52-acre Miami Beach Convention Center District.

A federal judge in Birmingham Monday said that a portion of Jefferson County’s sewer system could be removed from the county’s 1996 consent decree for violations of the Clean Water Act.

Though Rob Baird developed an early interest in politics, most of his career was spent climbing the ladder at Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co.

DALLAS — A revised revenue outlook will require Louisiana to cut spending by $210.5 million through June and reduces the money available for lawmakers to appropriate in fiscal 2013 by almost $304 million.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Federal Highway Administration Friday approved a supplemental environmental impact statement that is a significant milestone toward starting construction on portions of the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project later this year.