Law and legal issues

Minnesota's high court ordered the negotiations to resolve a funding dispute that's entangled a small piece of debt.

Minnesota must grant permits before work on the Red River project continues, the ruling says.

The capital city has threatened to file bankruptcy in 60 days if it doesn't get sufficient state help.

Mayor Luke Bronin told Gov. Dannel Malloy and lawmakers that Chapter 9 for Connecticut's capital is inevitable if the state cannot pass a budget.

Fitch Ratings said the increased costs to complete reactors at Plant Vogtle drove the downgrades.

A U.S. district court on Tuesday rejected that bond insurer Ambac Financial was liable for allegedly overly optimistic and misleading statements it had made about its insured Puerto Rico bonds.

He found that the community development districts failed to properly apportion homeowners' special assessments.

The Georgia pubic power agency will use bonds and loans to complete its share of the project.

Opponents withdrew petitions for a threatened referendum that had stalled plans to issue bonds for the Quicken Loans Arena rehab.

An Alabama group wants the justices to rule on a state law backing the county’s recent refunding deal.

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia voted to finish the two reactors, but cost was not disclosed.

A state appeals court ordered Harvey, Illinois to levy a property tax to boost the nearly insolvent firefighters' fund.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill late giving the state an alternative route to shedding Atlantic City public safety staff.

New Jersey’s plan to slash Atlantic City’s fire department by 50 members was blocked by a superior court judge.

The district's debt holders must vote on a new Chapter 9 plan of adjustment.

Moody's says the South Carolina Public Service Authority’s delay on rates is a credit negative.

Attorneys dismiss complaints over valuation of amenities in $102 million bond sale as “sophistry.”

The non-profit issued the debt through a Wisconsin agency, the Public Finance Authority, which specializes in acting as a conduit for risky debt.

A bankrupt Texas issuer hasn't missed a bond payment, in contrast to the default of an issuer that hasn't filed.

The South Carolina agency says the rate increases are unneeded even with $7.7 billion of bonds to support.