- Kentucky
The Kentucky Legislature could be headed for another year struggling to adopt a budget before adjournment.
March 9 -
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.
March 9 - Virginia
BRADENTON, Fla. — Kutak Rock LLP has added Charles Shimer and George Scruggs as of counsel in the firm’s Richmond, Va., office.
March 7 - Louisiana
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.
March 7 -
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.
March 4 -
BRADENTON, Fla. — In an effort to convince Gov. Rick Scott that Florida’s high-speed rail project is viable and as risk-free to taxpayers as possible, mayors and prominent business groups said Thursday that a proposal is on the table that answers Scott’s concerns.
March 3 -
BRADENTON, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott told the Florida Supreme Court in a brief Wednesday that the decision to reject federal funds for high-speed rail rests with him and a petition to overturn his decision has come from “state senators whose policy preferences have not prevailed in the political process.”
March 2 - Florida
BRADENTON, Fla. — The economy as well as oversight and contractual problems have delayed Orlando’s effort to build a $425 million state-of-the-art performing arts center.
March 2
- Louisiana
DALLAS — Louisiana’s financial adviser said the timing of Tuesday’s competitive sale of $300 million of general obligation bonds put the issue into a market starved for high-quality public debt offerings.
March 1 -
BRADENTON, Fla. — Two Florida senators, a Republican and a Democrat, filed a 281-page petition Tuesday with the state Supreme Court seeking an emergency ruling to block Gov. Rick Scott from rejecting $2.4 billion of federal funds for high-speed rail.
March 1
