Southeast

The Louisiana State Bond Commission last week approved $300 million of funding for capital improvement projects on the Legislature’s capital outlay list.

Bobby Jindal was re-elected to a second four-year term as Louisiana’s governor on Oct. 22, carrying all 64 parishes and collecting 673,000 of the 1.02 million votes cast in the open primary.

Only 31% of voters approved a $561 million bond proposal by the Lafayette Parish School Board on Oct. 22. The final tally was 29,557 to 13,264.

Fitch Ratings Tuesday downgraded to A-plus from AA-minus the water and sewer bonds issued by Fort Myers.

Mobile is continuing to search for a new cruise ship to replace the Carnival Elation.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The North Carolina Turnpike Authority expects to move forward as soon as possible with the remainder of the financing for its second toll road following Tuesday's final judgment in a federal case that stalled the project for nearly a year.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority is under fire from Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs for what she describes as an aggressive financing structure that backfired.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Memphis is exploring its legal options, including a lawsuit, against the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies if the NBA's lockout develops into a full-season loss.

BRADENTON, Fla. - After just over a year on the job, Joya De Foor is no longer Atlanta's chief financial officer.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Jefferson County sewer default saga isn't over, even after county commissioners announced a settlement agreement last month with creditors who hold more than $3 billion in defaulted sewer warrants.