Orlando Health senior vice president of finance John Miller said offering the bonds in one state rather than two states will save his company bond counsel and other fees. The Orange County, Florida, Health Facilities Authority will offer $1.4 billion of hospital revenue bonds for Orlando Health the week of January 13. OCHFA will sell
Mortgage rates fell again last week, and while the drop wasn’t huge, it was enough to spur current homeowners to look for some savings. The surge in refinances was behind a 5.4% increase in total mortgage demand compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest
A view of the St. Augustine’s University campus with downtown Raleigh, North Carolina in the background.St. Augustine’s University A controversial, high interest-rate loan is helping one of the oldest historically Black colleges in the country, Saint Augustine’s University, stay afloat – for now. After struggling for years to maintain steady enrollment, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based
Tal Alexander (L) and Oren Alexander (R). Getty Images Federal prosecutors accused top real estate agents Tal and Oren Alexander and their brother, Alon, of drugging and raping “dozens of victims” over more than a decade. The brothers were arrested in Miami Wednesday on sex trafficking charges related to the alleged assaults. They face charges of
“What we’re looking at for 2025 is a few warning lights on the dashboard that there could be some stress on state budgets in the next year,” said Tim Storey, CEO at the National Council of State Legislatures.   ”I’ve seen five to seven states that are saying, ‘we’re starting to project slower revenue growth, perhaps even
General Motors said on Tuesday that it will restructure its autonomous driving subsidiary, Cruise, so that it focuses on making cars to sell to individuals, rather than developing a robotaxi business. The Detroit carmaker said the move would lower spending by $1bn annually, compared to trying to engineer, build, maintain and operate a fleet of
Vivek Ramaswamy, chairman and co-founder of Strive Asset Management, far left, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Republican lawmakers on Dec. 5, 2024 about efforts to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.Al Drago/Bloomberg California’s publicly funded high-speed rail project, a favorite target of Congressional Republicans, faces a fresh threat when President-elect Donald Trump
Days before last year’s presidential election in Argentina, supermarket worker Emir Gullo was excited about the idea of a madman as president. “He’s crazy,” Gullo said admiringly at a rally for libertarian economist and then-candidate Javier Milei on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in late 2023, noting his eccentric image, unconventional ideas and lack of
Oklahoma Treasurer Gentner Drummond, pictured criticized State Treasurer Todd Russ for fumbling the defense of the state’s anti-ESG law.Oklahoma attorney general’s office Oklahoma’s legal fight to reinstate its “anti-ESG” law will continue amid a public squabble between two elected officials who support the law. Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 prohibits state and local
After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside suburb of Miami, Florida, in 2021, state lawmakers implemented new requirements for older condominiums. Buildings at least 30 years old, like the Champlain tower that fell, have to undergo special inspections, make repairs and gather reserve funds for future maintenance. The deadline is
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has consistently borrowed less than its capacity over the years.Bloomberg News Connecticut is poised to ramp up transportation borrowing in the coming years, according to its most recent fiscal accountability report. “What we want to do is take advantage of the federal resources that are available to make some long-term,
Show video info Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country after a stunning offensive by rebels who seized the capital city of Damascus and toppled the dynasty that had ruled for 50 years. Amid scenes of jubilation on Sunday, the rebels proclaimed that “the city of Damascus is free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad”
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Romania’s constitutional court has annulled last month’s first round of presidential elections after evidence that the leading candidate benefited from Russian intervention. The unprecedented decision to strike down the vote, which was won by far-right candidate
Massive fires burning in northern California and Oregon in September blanketed San Francisco with smoke.Bloomberg News Wildfire resilience projects became the first beneficiary of California’s Climate Catalyst Revolving Fund — created as part of a larger package of ESG-related efforts by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019. The state’s Infrastructure and Economic Bank, charged with running
A fortnight-long rally for Wall Street took a breather, as investors turned their attention to Friday’s government jobs report and its potential implications for the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later this month. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite on Thursday finished about 0.2 per cent below their record closing highs notched up in the previous