Appropriations

Indiana casinos saw their take from gambling fall in 2011, and new competition in Ohio and perhaps other neighboring states virtually guarantees things will get worse from here. The house win at 13...

Recycling advocates are rattled like aluminum cans tumbling in a barrel over a bill that would no longer allow solid waste management districts to levy property taxes to help fund their programs. Senate...

BioDistrict New Orleans CEO James McNamara says he hasn't been paid since March, a revelation he shared to illustrate that his organization is broke. That's because the district has no regular income, although...

New York state recently received more than $93 million in federal disaster relief aid, and Nassau and Suffolk counties will be laying their own stake to that money. Forty-eight of the state's 60...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) today reported first quarter fiscal year 2012 income from continuing operations of $130 million compared to $150 million in the same period last year....

2011 Loan Originations Up 19 Percent, Operating Expenses Down NEWARK, Del. -- Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today released fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 financial results highlighting increased student loan originations, lower...

NEW YORK -- the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has taken the following action on Chesterfield Valley Transportation Development District, MO's (the district) bonds: --$17.4 million series 2006 transportation sales tax revenue...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AAA' to the following general obligation (GO) bonds of Wake County, North Carolina (the county): --$96.8 million GO school bonds, series 2012A; --$79.4 million...

FAIRFAX, Va. -- SRA International, Inc., a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations, today announced the appointment of John Reing to Senior Vice President, Human Resources....

BETHESDA, Md. -- USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) announced today that it continues to work on the American Centrifuge project and that USEC and the Department of Energy (DOE) have identified a path to...

WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement on the transmission of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) V recommendations by the Secretary of Health...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following series of bonds issued by the University System of Maryland (USM): --$33.495 million auxiliary facility and tuition revenue bonds, 2012 series...

NEW YORK -- Fitch has affirmed the 'AA-' rating on approximately $5.9 million of student health center revenue bonds issued by the Florida Board of Governors, on behalf of the University of Central...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to the following series of the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority (SDHEFA): --$19.2 million vocational education program revenue bonds, series 2012A. In...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings affirms the following ratings for Lodi, California: --$30 million wastewater revenue certificates of participation (COPs) at 'A+'; and --$25.1 million wastewater revenue COPs at 'A+'. The Rating Outlook...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A+' rating to $70 million dormitory revenue bonds, series 2012A to be issued by the State of Florida Board of Governors (the board) on behalf of...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating to the following County of Brunswick, North Carolina (the county) general obligation (GO) bonds: --$19.25 million GO refunding bonds, series 2012. Proceeds will...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'F1+' rating on the following extendible municipal commercial paper (EMCP) notes of the State of Wisconsin (the state): --Up to $950 million in GO EMCP notes....

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned 'AA+' ratings to the following Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, California (the district) promissory notes and implied general obligation (GO) bonds: --$33.7 million refunding promissory notes...