Paul Burton

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf joined a three-year cooperation agreement with West Virginia and Ohio to collaborate on areas critical to maximizing shale gas region growth.

The New York City Pension Funds returned 3.4% gross, and 3.15% net of fees, for fiscal 2015, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Heavy lifting remains after political and transit leaders announced an agreement for a five-year New York MTA capital program.

New York City could contribute a lot more to the MTA’s capital plan if the state can stop lockbox raids and give the city more say, says Mayor Bill de Blasio.

With Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate about to its 100th day, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican lawmakers are still far apart.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives rejected Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed tax package as the commonwealth’s budget stalemate continues.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank’s $47 million refinancing of water pollution control bonds realized $6 million in net present value savings, say officials.

Investors looked past an S&P downgrade and a critical control board report as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority sold $357 million of sales tax bonds.

Looking to break a budget impasse, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase in the personal sales tax and a levy on natural gas drilling.

Connecticut’s $840 million special tax obligation transportation bond sale included a record $442 million of retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has submitted a revised amended financial recovery plan for the teetering Chester Upland School District.

Pittsburgh’s state-appointed overseer is justified in withholding Pennsylvania gaming revenue by law, according to the agency’s executive director.

The granting of tribal reservation status to land in Taunton, Mass., where a $500 million tribal casino is planned, is a credit negative to southeastern Massachusetts where commercial casino plans could be derailed, said Moody’s.

An old-fashioned Steel City brawl has erupted between Pittsburgh and its financial overseer over gaming revenue.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's P3 office is accepting unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private sector.

MMCT Venture, a partnership between the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes in Connecticut, released an RFP for a Hartford-area casino.

A continued shift towards digital media goods such as downloaded music could affect $41 million of New York City tax revenue, said the watchdog Independent Budget Office.

Connecticut lawmaker Scott Frantz said the state nearing its “soft cap” bond limit for the year should concern rating agencies.

Infrastructure needs, pension funding and health-care benefits are most constraining to municipal budgets in 2015, the National League of Cities said in its annual survey on fiscal conditions.

Sniping between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled legislature resumed after Wolf predictably vetoed an $11.2 billion stopgap budget.