Paul Burton

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.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said a settlement by Scranton’s nonuniform pension board will save the city more than $600,000.

Rhode Island’s House of Representatives intends to resume hearings on the 38 Studio bond financing fiasco following the release of tens of thousands of pages of documents.

Rhode Island Superior Court has released tens of thousands of documents related to the state’s 38 Studios lawsuit.

New York's MTA will review its $152 million contract with its paratransit Access-a-Ride service provider after employees told board members of mistreatment.

With non-transportation P3s on the rise, analysts and other experts say they're not for everyone.