Southeast

In a special primary election Saturday, voters in West Virginia selected two of three candidates to vie for governor in the general election later this year.

Unveiling of the latest bond proposal by East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden was delayed last week because Public Works personnel were busy preparing for a Mississippi River flood.

Georgia in June plans to sell between $90 million and $100 million of general obligation bonds as part of the financing for a $140 million highway designed to improve truck access at the Port of Savannah.

Miami-Dade County voters will decide in a special election Tuesday who among 11 candidates will be the next mayor of Florida’s largest county.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Florida Hurricane ­Catastrophe Fund could issue up to $12 billion of bonds if needed to pay claims during this year’s hurricane season, according to estimates prepared by senior ­managers.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. plans to sell up to $900 million of revenue bonds to provide liquidity for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Appalachian State University in northwestern North Carolina Tuesday will competitively sell $60.14 million of general revenue bonds.

WASHINGTON — The Bartram Park Community Development District in Jacksonville, Fla., has received an audit notice from the Internal Revenue Service for $28.7 million of special assessment municipal bonds issued in 2005.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government is ­negotiating the use of a public-private partnership and bond financing to assist in the reopening of the Kentucky Kingdom theme park.

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Virginia lawmakers are ramping up pressure on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to reverse an April decision that approved an expensive, underground metro station at the Dulles International Airport as part of the agency’s $6.6 billion Metrorail extension project.