Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. — The receiver appointed to take charge of the debt-laden sewer system in Jefferson County is recommending that rates be increased to counter a decline in the number of customers, maintain the system and pay outstanding debt.

Tennessee Comptroller Justin Wilson reminded local governments in a recent letter that they are required to draft and adopt their own debt-management policies by Dec. 31.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue on Sunday vetoed the $19.7 billion budget sent to her by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

A bill to phase out Lousiana's personal income tax over 10 years at a cost of more than $5 billion a year of lost revenue was approved Monday by the House Committee on Ways and Means.

A detailed analysis of cost-saving measures for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project says at least $1.2 billion could be trimmed off the previously estimated $4.1 billion price tag.

DALLAS - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Monday asked for consideration of an alternative, no-debt financial plan for a proposed $1.2 billion state hospital in New Orleans.

Kentucky plans to competitively sell $145.8 million of lease-revenue bonds Tuesday to complete work on a new state mental hospital. The deal precedes an estimated $362.3 million offering of lease-appropriation obligations.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Jefferson County ordered that plans to place nearly 1,000 employees on administrative leave without pay be prepared this week as the government struggles to stay solvent through the fiscal year end.

DALLAS - A proposal to scrap plans for a $1.2 billion state hospital in New Orleans in favor of a smaller, less-expensive project was outlined Thursday at a joint news conference by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy, and House Speaker Jim Tucker.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Virginia's gilt-edged Arlington County will sell $127 million of general obligation public improvement bonds beginning Monday using a three-day sale structure.