Southeast

“We are anticipating a substantial present value savings as a result of our being proactive,” said the spokeswoman for state Treasurer John Schroder.

The competitive tax-exempt Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District deal is climate bond certified by Kestrel Verifiers.

The new office is the firm’s first in the Southeast region.

A $10.85 million private placement of special assessment revenue bonds for the Ojus Sanitary Sewer Special Benefit Area will foster economic development.

The rating agency also confirmed the city’s Ba2 rating on $191 million of outstanding water and sewer revenue bonds.

The pandemic, and now the spreading of the omicron variant, exposed nationwide disparities in Internet access with the transition to remote work and learning.

Over the next 10 years, the Division of Bond Finance forecasts about $1.8 billion of net tax-supported debt will be issued, mostly for transportation projects.

“Our state’s strong economic recovery has accelerated back to pre-pandemic levels for unemployment and GDP,” said Gov. Bill Lee.

Lokken is a public finance attorney with 20 years of experience representing issuers, borrowers, underwriters and purchasers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed fiscal 2022-2023 budget is down 1.8% from the previous adopted budget amid generous federal coronavirus relief funding.