Southeast

In a year in which 16 states lost population, Texas' growth is expected to stand out in the belated 2020 Census.

The lawsuits concern bond disclosure in South Carolina, a Florida toll bridge default, and the federal water rights fight between Florida and Georgia.

Florida's triple-A ratings face an ongoing vulnerability because of the fiscal and economic impacts of COVID-19, its annual debt report warns.

The state will use a public-private partnership to replace the 68-year-old Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River between Westlake and Lake Charles.

The toll road operator parters with three international investors to sell half of its U.S. express lane assets in Northern Virginia while eyeing additional highway projects around nation's capital, including a Maryland P3.

The legal wrangling over whether the state can control expressways in Miami-Dade County is expected to rage on well into 2021.

The municipal market can best be described as a "Goldilocks market" due to accommodative federal monetary policy, strong demand and limited supply, bond director Ben Watkins told the Cabinet.

For taking proactive measures to update city infrastructure during the height of pandemic, Tampa, Florida's $362.8 million water and wastewater systems revenue and refunding revenue bond transaction earned The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year for the Southeast Region.

The Department of Justice filed a federal complaint alleging conditions at Alabama prisons violate the constitution, as the state continues to negotiate public-private partnerships to build three lockups.

Task forces studying three proposed toll road projects failed to conclude if there is a need for the new corridors or modifications of existing roads.