Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Georgia Department of Transportation Monday issued a request for proposals for the state's first public-private partnership concession.

The Internal Revenue Service has completed an audit of $51.1 million of auction-rate securities the Orange County, Fla., Health Facilities Authority issued in 2005 for an Orlando health care provider without changing the tax-exempt status of the bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority is asking construction industry professionals and others to help it build the Ohio River Bridges Project faster and less expensively.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Jefferson County, Ala., Commission Friday avoided filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history by agreeing to a restructuring deal with creditors holding about $3.11 billion of defaulted variable- and auction-rate sewer warrants.

DALLAS - The Louisiana State Bond Commission on Thursday authorized $18 million of revenue bonds supported by state payments for a tuition-free public charter school in Lake Charles.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Jefferson County, Ala., commissioners meet Friday with bankruptcy still on the table. Once again, they will consider whether to approve a deal with creditors to restructure $3.14 billion of defaulted sewer debt, or to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, or continue with negotiations as they did in August.

Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday downgraded Mary Washington Healthcare’s rating to Baa1 from A3.

Financing public safety needs with bond proceeds could endanger East Baton Rouge Parish’s bond ratings, Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden told a committee on Monday.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal last week signed an executive order creating the Transit Governance Task Force.

Georgia’s net tax collections for August totaled $1.3 billion, an increase of $108 million or 9.1% compared to the same month a year ago.