Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. — Though inaugural festivities were curtailed by a major winter storm blowing through the Deep South, Nathan Deal was sworn in Monday as the 82nd governor of triple-A rated Georgia.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A $500 million cost-cutting proposal for the $4.1 billion Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project could result in a review of federal approvals for the mega-project, a Kentucky transportation spokesman said.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority in Florida will use the proceeds from $750 million of short-term, tax-exempt revenue bonds to provide initial financing for one of the first state-of-the-art waste-to-energy facilities to be built in the U.S. in many years.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Fulton County, Ga.’s water and sewer revenue bonds to Aa3 from Aa2 , citing the system’s weakened financial position and narrowed debt-service coverage.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Based on current revenue projections and existing borrowing plans, Florida does not have capacity to issue debt for new programs for the next two fiscal years and stay within its self-imposed debt cap.

Tennessee tax collections exceeded budgeted estimates in November — the third month this fiscal year that all tax collections have been better than estimates, with state sales taxes showing growth.

Moody's Investors Service has raised its rating on the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s $894 million of outstanding tax-exempt assessment revenue bonds to Baa1 from Baa2. The outlook moved to positive from stable.

Louisiana's revenues for the first five months of fiscal 2011 total $2.87 billion, down $395 million from the same period of fiscal 2010.

Significant changes to Florida's government structure and budget cuts being proposed by advisory teams assembled by incoming Republican Gov. Rick Scott are raising eyebrows.

The Alabama Medicaid Agency will receive a $55 million federal performance bonus for implementing methods to enroll low-income children in the health insurance program in fiscal 2010, Gov. Bob Riley announced Monday.