Southeast

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remains below the national unemployment rate of 6.0%.

The state’s unemployment rate has remained below the national rate for eight months in a row and has fallen by 0.2% over the year.

The P3 taxable deal aims to replace the state’s old, dilapidated and outdated jails with more modern alternatives in a bid to ease prison overcrowding and provide new services to inmates.

The state says the Centers for Disease Control's anti-COVID-19 safety protocols for the cruise ship industry are illegally burdensome and exceed its authority.

Moody's Investors Service notes that the new two-tier pension system will not immediately decrease Kentucky's high unfunded pension liabilities.

The Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, $800-plus million, as participants focus on that part of the market as an indicator of how munis will fare during tax season.

The deal arrives with a boost from Fitch Ratings, which revised its outlook on the enterprise to positive from stable.

Crumbaker has experience representing bondholders and corporate trust companies in cases related to distressed or defaulted high-yield tax-exempt bonds.

The court says Florida didn't prove that its ecosystem suffered any harm from Georgia's alleged actions.

Recent one-time funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and higher-than-projected revenues for many states are in many cases being put into infrastructure.