Paul Burton

Rhode Island's Supreme Court has disbarred former House of Representatives Speaker Gordon Fox, who pleaded guilty last month to federal corruption charges.

Nine large public pension funds, including those from New York and Connecticut, have asked the SEC to strengthen the disclosure of corporate board diversity.

A judge approved a tentative settlement to most legal challenges to Rhode Island’s 2011 law that overhauled pension benefits for state employees, said Gov. Gina Raimondo.

New York City expects to save $3.4 billion on health care by 2018 through municipal labor agreements, said director of labor relations Robert Linn.

Connecticut's estimated general fund deficit for fiscal 2015 has spiked to $172.8 million and leaders should act on it now, said state Comptroller Kevin Lembo.

Sue Perez will run Massachusetts’ debt management department, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has formed a panel to explore financing options for overhauling its transportation infrastructure "over the next 30 years and beyond."

FEMA is providing its largest grant ever -- $3 billion—to the New York City Housing Authority to repair and protect 33 developments severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy.

A New York City agency failed to properly monitor contractors after Hurricane Sandy and paid $6.8 million to them for flawed or incomplete, Comptroller Scott Stringer said in an audit.

The Rapid Bridge Replacement Project is Pennsylvania's initial P3 and the first nationwide to bundle multiple bridges into a single procurement.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg proposes to overhaul the Pension Reserves Investment Management board’s custom proxy voting guidelines.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is creating a competitive procurement process for selecting bond counsel, calling the move vital to overhauling state government.

With no solution in sight for fully funding New York MTA's capital program, the Citizens Budget commission watchdog group presents a funding alternative.

Betsy Taylor, the longtime finance director Massachusetts Port Authority and its point person on bond deals, is retiring after 37 years with the agency.

Raising money primarily from motor vehicle user fees could close the capital plan funding gap of New York’s MTA, according to the Citizens Budget Commission watchdog group.

Colin MacNaught, Massachusetts deputy treasurer for debt management for the past four years, is leaving the commonwealth on March 31.

The board of New York's MTA will vote on the sale of nearly $56 million in unused development rights in Queens after its finance committee approved it.

Standard & Poor's negative outlook on Connecticut's debt could foreshadow even more adverse credit actions unless the state fixes its deficit problems, said one lawmaker.

York, Pa., needs $10 million by Dec. 31 to meet its minimum pension payment obligations, said Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to award a four-year, $236.5 million contract to rebuild the Queens Midtown Tunnel, which Hurricane Sandy heavily damaged.