Lawsuits

The Poinciana Community Development Districts argue that "issue preclusion” should bar some objections to the validation of $102 million of bonds.

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund's new power to intercept Harvey's pool of state revenues complicates settlement efforts with the city's public safety funds.

The U.S. Department of Transportation told All Aboard Florida that it now has until Dec. 31 to sell the $1.15 billion of bonds.

S&P said a state law de-annexing a major portion of one city to create another may affect all of its Georgia municipal rating assessments.

A settlement would free up some state-intercepted revenues for the city while sending some overdue contributions to the funds.

State-owned utility Santee Cooper received two subpoenas that appear to focus on a secret assessment report about the foundering project.

The outcome clearly places bondholders behind pension funds, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Harvey's revenue bondholders will get a piece of the city's intercepted revenues while the police fund has to wait.

Harvey, Illinois, bondholders continue to get the city's home-rule taxes, but lose the city's share of state taxes.

The university can issue debt or pay cash to cover the settlement but either option has credit consequences.

They seek damages damages from a litany of professional firms over the capital city's plunge to near bankruptcy.

The Illinois city's revenue bondholders want any legal settlement to prioritize their claim over those of pension funds.

S&P placed MSU on CreditWatch with negative implications, citing a lack of clarity on how the settlement will be paid for.

The lawsuit says the state's plan to pay off oil producers by issuing bonds violates the state constitution.

Tampering with funds from a debt sale was among the allegations that landed Crystal City's former city attorney and city manager the long sentence.

Stockbridge's attorneys filed a state constitutional challenge in local court, and plan to file a civil rights complaint in federal court soon.

The university has not said how it intends to pay for the legal settlement.

Bills that stripped territory from Stockbridge without apportioning its debt are credit negative for Georgia local governments and could impose higher borrowing costs.

The Illinois pension intercept law could pose rating strain but also force funding discipline over long term, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Louisiana plans to ask firms if their policies “infringe on the constitutionally protected rights” of citizens to lawfully keep and bear arms.