Southeast

Brightline is building a 168-mile extension to Orlando International Airport of its original 70-mile line connecting Miami with West Palm Beach.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $40.7 billion of bonds in the first half of this year, a 6.3% year-over-year increase.

Borrower Jasper Pellets and trustee US Bank have been locked in a legal battle after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 27.

Vern Breland is representing himself, and told a court he relied on his municipal advisor.

Funding transit infrastructure is one of the county's key initiatives and also reinforces its policy to reduce carbon emissions, increase mobility equity and promote transit-oriented development, says Fitch's Michael Rinaldi.

During her almost 14 years as Virginia state treasurer, Manju Ganeriwala oversaw the issuance of more than $33 billion of municipal bonds.

The latest revenue numbers come ahead of a governor's race that rematches incumbent Brian Kemp against Democrat Stacey Abrams, whom he narrowly beat in 2018.

Since 2011, the city has issued about $5.6 billion of debt, with the most issuance occurring in 2021 when it sold $785 million.

Due to their policies on fossil fuels, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo can't bid on state banking contracts in the Mountain State.

A proposal would prohibit fund managers at the State Board of Administration from considering ESG factors when investing the state’s money and require them to only consider maximizing returns on investment.