Paul Burton

Hartford Treasurer Adam Cloud said two negative bond-rating actions already this month could serve as wakeup calls in Connecticut's capital.

State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and six central Pennsylvania mayors will discuss local finances in an Oct. 27 roundtable discussion in Harrisburg.

Former New York Lieutenant Gov. Richard Ravitch will speak at the New York Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn. N.Y., on Oct. 9.

After Moody's revised Rhode Island's outlook to stable from negative, Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the state is headed in the right direction.

Moody's Investors Service late Monday revised its outlook on Rhode Island to stable from negative and affirmed its Aa2 general obligation rating.

Natalie Sage Wagner as will serve as Connecticut's undersecretary for legal affairs effective Oct. 17, state budget secretary Ben Barnes announced.

The $15 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed four-year capital plan, recently vetoed by a state review board, has cast a pall over the transit agency's plans.

Housing policies have reached turning points in New York City and Philadelphia, but for different reasons — New York has an affordability problem, while Philadelphia has a quality problem, some experts say.

The appointment of Michael Dardia as Citizens Budget Commission co-research director will enhance its research capacity, CBC officials say.

More than two-thirds of New York City agencies earned D or F on Comptroller Scott Stringer's report card of procurement through minority and women-owned businesses.

New York City Transit's station repair program is progressing too slowly, said a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

A lease the Pennsylvania government signed for the Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority's 12-story Verizon Tower doesn't generate the revenue needed to prevent a default by the city on its debt-service guarantee for the project, said Moody's.

A Lackawanna County Court ruled that Scranton, Pa., overstepped in assessing a commuter tax on nonresidents.

Resiliency expert Alan Rubin urged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer to collaborate on environmental initiatives, including green bonds.

The city treasury of Harrisburg, Pa., is free of security breaches, its interim treasurer said, after an investigation that followed his predecessor's arrest for theft from two local nonprofits.

The MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Mount Vernon, N.Y., will work to replace up to three priority bridges that carry vehicular traffic, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Pennsylvania's P3 board approved a project seeking a private partner to develop clean-burning compressed natural gas fueling stations at public transit agencies statewide.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency is soliciting nominations from so called "gateway" cities for investments that can trigger sustained economic development.

Connecticut will come to market with a $730 million sale of special tax obligation transportation infrastructure bonds, including $130 million in refunding.

Standard & Poor's handed Pennsylvania its third GO downgrade in three months and second in a week, lowering it to AA-minus from AA.