Paul Burton

An emphatic weekend rejection of a pension-overhaul bill seen as pivotal to a budget compromise sent Pennsylvania's legislative leaders scurrying again.

Pennsylvania House Republican leaders told Gov. Tom Wolf they would push his budgetary tax package to the floor if he can show he has a majority of votes.

New York MTA approves its $15 billion operating budget in a warmup act for another capital program battle with Albany.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s latest call for change in the city’s $163 billion pension-fund system is for divestiture from coal.

Connecticut should phase in a reduction of its investment return assumption from 8% to 7% to conform “more realistically” to capital markets expectations, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust announced a partnership to invest up to $300 million in Metro New York affordable housing, community centers and care facilities.

New York MTA officials is looking to go green, and they don’t mean the map colors of the Lexington Avenue subway line.

In the latest Pennsylvania budget-impasse domino to fall, S&P withdrew its ratings based on the commonwealth’s school district state aid intercept program.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is making an impassioned pitch for more funding while challenging the system from within.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Thursday terminated some contracts related to its 4.5-mile expansion of its Green Line light rail system north of Boston.

Pennsylvania’s House approved a state budget that stands in slight contrast with the Senate version as lawmakers look to end a budget stalemate in its sixth month.

The Pennsylvania Senate passed a $30.8 billion spending plan though without a tax package. Whether the House can agree to end a six-month stalemate is up in the air

New York’s MTA says it has substantially completed two significant contracts on East Side Access, the megaproject intended to bring LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board and two of its executives earned top honors for innovation from Asset International-CIO.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced an agreement with Amtrak to complete Hartford line commuter rail service between New Haven and Springfield.

A Suffolk County Superior Court dismissed Boston’s lawsuit aimed at stopping Wynn Resorts’ planned $1.7 billion casino in nearby Everett.

The trustees of the New York City Pension Funds approved a plan to create a common investment meeting, in a move city Comptroller Scott Stringer says will significantly streamline the operations of the five pension boards.

Connecticut’s $650 million sale drew the highest amount of GO retail interest in nearly 18 months, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

Luzerne County, Pa., is looking for a lender after it got judicial signoff on $20 million in emergency borrowing to avoid a shutdown.

Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner called for an overhaul of state debt management, saying the 38 Studios fiasco is not the only example of poor practices.