Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. — With severe restrictions pending on how Georgia obtains its drinking water, a state senator wants to give local governments the option of financing water-related infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships.

Bonds issued by the Monongalia Building Commission on behalf of the Monongalia Health System in Morgantown have been upgraded to A-minus from BBB-plus by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s.

Triple-A rated Wake County expects to competitively sell $116.8 million of general obligation public improvement bonds on Tuesday for school projects and open-space purchases.

Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook to positive from stable on sewer revenue bonds issued by the New ­Orleans Sewerage & Water Board.

Louisiana is seeking damages of $1 million a day each from BP and other companies associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.

The Kentucky Legislature could be headed for another year struggling to adopt a budget before adjournment.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider the appeals of former Jefferson County commissioner Chris McNair and several contractors who were convicted on bribery charges related to the county’s sewer system.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Kutak Rock LLP has added Charles Shimer and George Scruggs as of counsel in the firm’s Richmond, Va., office.

DALLAS — Louisiana’s Revenue Estimating Conference on Tuesday adopted an official revenue estimate for fiscal 2012 that shows only slight relief for next year’s $1.6 billion budget shortfall.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Friday rejected, once and for all, $2.4 billion of federal funds for a high-speed rail project as the state Supreme Court unanimously refused to overturn his decision.