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Harrisburg Mayor OKs Verizon Bond Settlement, Demands Probe
Harrisburg, Pa., Mayor Eric Papenfuse on Friday signed off on a restructuring agreement for bonds tied to the city's Verizon Center building despite his objections, and called for an investigation into the original 1998 bond deal.
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Pa. Treasurer McCord Resigns Amid Talk of Federal Probe
Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord resigned late Friday, effective immediately, as news reports swirled that he will plead guilty to charges of threatening would-be campaign contributors with the loss of state business.  more »
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Connecticut OPM Names Egan Undersecretary
Attorney Lisa Grasso Egan will serve as Connecticut's undersecretary for labor relations, state budget director Benjamin Barnes announced Jan. 30.  more »
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Puerto Rico House Passes $225 Million Bond
Puerto Rico's House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills authorizing a bond up to $225 million for public works.  more »
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Connecticut to Bond $5M for Enhance Power Grid
Connecticut's Bond Commission approved $5.1 million to create two microgrid projects in Bridgeport and Milford that will help keep critical buildings and facilities powered in case the electric grid goes down.  more »
Connecticut
Potential Atlantic City Bankruptcy Would Be Uncharted for New Jersey
The appointment of an emergency manager for Atlantic City has led many to question whether the city is heading for bankruptcy, which would mark long uncharted territory for the Garden State.  more »
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Goldberg: Raise Massachusetts Lottery Ad Budget
State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg wants lawmakers to increase the Massachusetts lottery advertising budget by 25% to offset casino competition.  more »
Massachusetts
Cuomo LIPA Budget Inclusion Credit Positive: Moody's
A proposal in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 executive budget to allow the Long Island Power Authority to securitize an additional $2.5 billion of debt is a credit positive for the utility, according to Moody's Investors Service.  more »
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Massachusetts Treasurer Names Five Deputies
Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who took office Jan. 21, named five deputy treasurers.  more »
Massachusetts
Moody's: Fare Hike Credit Positive for N.Y. MTA
Board approval of fare and toll increases for New York City subways, buses, bridges and tunnels is a credit positive for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said Moody's Investors Service.  more »
New York
Stringer: Average Better for N.Y.C. Snow Removal Costs
Light snow seasons and heavy snow seasons cost much more than average snow seasons on a cost-per-inch basis, said New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.  more »
New York
Regulatory Situation Worsens for Puerto Rico's Doral
Doral Financial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said that the FDIC has placed its bank under a prompt corrective action directive, an enforcement order that is often considered one of the last public warnings before regulators move to place the bank into conservatorship.  more »
Puerto Rico
Analysts: Storm Preparedness Better
The calendar and a stronger sense of storm preparedness will help soften the blow of this winter's first major Northeast blizzard, capital markets observers said Tuesday.  more »
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New Jersey
Standard & Poor's Drops Atlantic City to Junk
Standard & Poor's dropped Atlantic City, N.J. to a junk-bond rating with a four-notch downgrade and placed the rating on credit watch with negative implications.  more »
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Commentary: Puerto Rico's Next Chapter
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a long history of fiscal uncertainty and structural deficits. Responding to decades of general fund deficits in 2014, the rating services lowered the ratings on the Commonwealth’s general obligation credit to below investment grade, or junk status.

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