Paul Burton

The prospect of a state budget that would divert $40 million of transit operating funds for debt service doesn't faze the New York MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast.

After ascending to Rhode Island's House speakership following an FBI raid on his predecessor, Nicholas Mattiello said working on a budget to help the state's economy would be his major priority.

The Rhode Island House of Representatives elected Nicholas Mattiello speaker, three days after Gordon Fox resigned following a police raid on his home and office.

Moody's affirmed its A3 rating on $19.7 million Series 2006 revenue bonds by the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, the agency that bought Harrisburg's incinerator.

New York's State Department of Health is this year's winner of the Citizens Budget Commission prize of public service innovation.

Retail pricing began Tuesday for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's $236 million sale of Series 2014A senior turnpike revenue bonds.

Support for 'Gridlock Sam' Schwartz's latest plan to ease New York congestion and toll inequity ranged from a motor truck association to the Straphangers Campaign.

The Harlem building collapse has added a big exclamation point to talk about the need for New York to address its aging infrastructure.

The owner of a Harrisburg minor league soccer team is looking to raise $14 million for a new stadium on City Island in Pennsylvania's capital.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer rejected a $30 million contract to outsource selection and oversight of all IT contractors to Computer Aid of Allentown, Pa.

Rhode Island has hired Minnesota firm SJ Advisors to examine the impact of possibly defaulting on 38 Studios moral obligation bonds.

According to the Independent Budget Office, New York City will continue to provide a larger share of the education department's budget than the state.

As Rhode Island lawmakers continue to debate Sakonnet River Bridge tolling, a state agency chief has threatened to return the bridge to the state if an impasse lingers.

The New York City watchdog organization Citizens Budget Commission will honor U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew at its annual dinner in Manhattan.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo has proposed a municipal infrastructure bank to help cities and towns obtain funding for infrastructure upgrades.

Connecticut's $400 million GO bond sale generated $152.4 million in retail orders, which Treasurer Denise Nappier called the highest in more than four years.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to sell $480 million of refunding bonds on March 25 after a one-day retail period.

Hartford's two-notch rating upgrade from S&P reflects prudent budgeting and could portend better days in Connecticut's capital, said the city's treasurer.

New York MTA's Metro-North Railroad overemphasized on-time performance at the expense of rider safety, according to a blistering report by the Federal Railroad Administration.

Massachusetts plans a sale of MassDirect notes, a rolling program aimed to attract retail investors and modeled after the U.S. Treasury's TreasuryDirect.