Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. - After 30 years at Bryant Miller Olive PA, Randy Hanna will step down Nov. 1 from the Florida-based law firm to become chancellor of the state college system.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Santa Rosa County Commission is poised on Thursday to restore a quorum to the junk-rated Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority by appointing three new members. The Florida agency's board hasn't met since 2010 and it defaulted on a bond payment in July.

Moody’s Investors Service Monday upgraded to Aa3 from A1 the revenue bond rating for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

An 18-story hotel in New Orleans that never reopened after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 will be imploded next month to make way for Louisiana State University’s new academic hospital.

Two South Florida Republican legislators intend to push for Las Vegas-style casino resorts now that an appellate court has ruled that lawmakers can expand gambling without voter approval.

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday refused to consider rehearing the appeal of former Jefferson County commissioner Larry Langford on his pay-to-play conviction.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Gilt-edged Virginia is poised to sell $167 million of state general obligation bonds, split for the first time between the negotiated and competitive calendars in a two-way sale that should tap the most retail investors and some of the lowest rates.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Republicans are redoubling their efforts to consolidate Florida's local and state toll-road agencies. But the targeted agencies are pushing back.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Tennessee next week is selling $584.27 million of tax-exempt and taxable general obligation bonds in the state's largest ever single sale.

In a special election Tuesday, acting West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat and president of the Senate, edged out Republican businessman Bill Maloney. They were the two top vote getters in the race.