In a statement, the agency said it had raised its long-term rating on the county's approximately $2.1 billion of outstanding general obligation bonds from BBB to BBB+ "in recognition of the county's continuing progress toward full fiscal recovery".
"Management is awarding the money earlier than normal in recognition of the progress made in the first half of the year under difficult circumstances," Mr. Deutsch said.
Tate Reeves, the Republican lieutenant governor of Mississippi, said he was pleased by the decision but said that preclearance "unfairly applied to certain states should be eliminated in recognition of the progress Mississippi has made over the past 48 years".
To mark the historic judgment, which ensures that the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage cannot enforce them, the United States flag joined those of Ireland and Mozambique at the front of the march in recognition of the progress recently in recognising gay rights in all three countries.
In recognition of its progress on reduction in maternal and child mortality rate and improvement on other health indicators, the US (United States) Government recently commended Nepal under its Global Health Initiative Programme.
(AP) EUROPE BRITAIN: TIES TO NORTH KOREA Britain and North Korea agreed to establish diplomatic relations, and Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the decision was "taken in recognition of the significant progress" in the dialogue between the two Koreas.
John Taylor, America's under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs, also suggested speeding up I.M.F. aid in recognition of Argentina's recent progress.
He said: "In recognition of the remarkable political progress which has been made over recent weeks, and as a confidence building gesture by the British government, I have decided to use my powers under the prison rules to allow those remaining sentenced prisoners in the Maze to be released for the Christmas and new year period".
In periods of accelerated evolution, faster recognition of progress is necessary for which a mindset that is open and adaptable is paramount.
