Southeast

The City Council of cash-strapped Miami learned recently that it may be forced to pay property taxes on four parking garages nearing completion to service the Marlins' new baseball stadium, according to the Miami Herald.

In a recent report affirming the Birmingham Airport Authority's A-minus rating, Fitch Ratings said that it would be evaluating the potential effects of surrounding Jefferson County's bankruptcy filing.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The federal judge in Jefferson County's bankruptcy case on Monday struck down two arguments by the receiver in charge of the Alabama county's sewer system supporting the contention that the receiver should remain in place.

A health care issuer and borrower in Mississippi are discussing the possibility of entering into a voluntary agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to settle tax law violations that occurred after some bond-financed equipment was sold to a private group.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Standard & Poor's has reinstated its AA-minus rating on DeKalb County, Ga.'s senior water and sewer bonds as the county in suburban Atlanta prepares a nearly $400 million utility system deal.

BRADENTON, Fla. - A newly appointed member of northwest Florida's Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority has filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing what he calls trading irregularities in some of the agency's $116 million of defaulted bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The federal judge assigned to Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy case Tuesday gave attorneys additional time to file briefs concerning how much control the receiver of the county's sewer system is entitled to retain.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The federal judge in Jefferson County's bankruptcy said Monday that he is inclined not to remove the Alabama state court-appointed receiver of the county's sewer system, though he is expected to decide whether to limit the receiver's rate-setting powers.

DALLAS - The Louisiana State Bond Commission gave its approval Thursday to a plan by New Orleans to avoid a budget shortfall in 2012 with a $16.5 million refunding.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Federal bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett on Monday will hear the first major arguments in Jefferson County's massive bankruptcy case to determine if a receiver should remain in charge of the county's sewer system.