Paul Burton

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.

Redesigning local waste collection would save New York City about $300 million per year long term, said the Citizens Budget Commission watchdog group.

Gov. Tom Corbett and his staff derided as campaign "silly season" the alarm bells raised by Pennsylvania's treasurer and auditor general over Pennsylvania's recent short-term borrowing.

New York's MTA intends to pitch the city, state and federal government and corporate leaders to help cover its $15.2 billion capital program gap. Otherwise, it will have to borrow more.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has called for the city to issue environmental, or green bonds, as part of its debt package over four years.

Another bond-rating hammer falls on Pennsylvania as Fitch downgrades the state's GO bonds to AA-minus.