Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. — Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., is once again suffering from an assault by Mother Nature as tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the county, killing several people and injuring dozens this weekend and into early Monday.

DALLAS — Louisiana lawmakers learned Friday that the state could face a gap between spending and revenue next year totaling $895 million.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The PFM Group has hired a veteran municipal finance professional in Virginia to open the firm's new office in Richmond.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission approved $11 million of taxable revenue bonds for a high school military academy in New Orleans at its monthly meeting Thursday.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has ordered an investigation of the state's 1,618 special districts, some of which have defaulted on billions of dollars in municipal bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority in north Florida cancelled its meeting set for Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — A key Virginia lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would raise nearly $1 billion annually for infrastructure through gas and sales taxes, after warning of a severe budget shortfall for road maintenance near the nation's capital and complaining the governor's transportation plan is only "a drop in the bucket,"

It’s time to get serious about completing Interstate 49 South in Louisiana, and a public-private partnership might be part of the financial solution to the $5.2 billion effort, Treasurer John Kennedy said last week in Lafayette.

Kentucky Senate President David Williams last week expressed concern over the divided work and funding plans that were recently proposed for the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Jan. 5 approval certifying Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear reactor is “a major milestone for the U.S. nuclear generation industry,” according to a special comment from Moody’s Investors Service.