Paul Burton

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awarded a $23.9 million contract to repair three bridges spanning the Merrimack River in Haverhill.

Former New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate John Liu is teaching public policy and municipal finance at Baruch College.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority sold about $351 million of second resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt new money bonds.

The chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority acknowledged Wednesday the possibility of a Long Island Rail Road strike in the summer.

The lawyer representing Rhode Island in its suit against 38 Studios told state lawmakers that legislation would enhance the prospects of a settlement.

Clay Pell, the grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, is the latest Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate in an open-seat race.

Standard & Poor's raised its general obligation rating for Springfield, Mass., to AA-minus from A, with a stable outlook.

Remarketing $700 million of variable-rate debt last year has helped New York's MTA position itself in a volatile market, finance director Patrick McCoy said.

Massachusetts will advance its timetable by four years to 2036 for fully funding its pension system, under the budget Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has proposed.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio implored state lawmakers to approve his universal pre-kindergarten proposal through a tax on the city's wealthiest citizens.

Audits of two MTA commuter lines found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from federal stimulus funds, said a state comptroller's report.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $886 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to further its post-Hurricane Sandy Repairs.

The board of Pennsylvania's pension fund system recommended hiring Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel to examine allegations against former CIO Anthony Clark.

Pennsylvania's intercept program that enforces the payment of school district bonds is a positive for investors, Janney Capital Markets said in a report.

Jameson Doig, author of a book about the history of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said the agency has never experienced a controversy as huge as the Bridgegate scandal.

Gov. Deval Patrick submitted his final budget to Massachusetts lawmakers Wednesday, proposing a $36 billion spending plan for fiscal 2015 that would increase spending nearly 5%.

The Massachusetts pension reserves investment trust fund returned 15.2% in calendar 2013, marking an investment gain of $7.9 billion, according to the Pension Reserves Investment Management board.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority sold $946 million of future tax secured fixed-rate subordinate bonds.

Two lynchpin bond sales under the Harrisburg, Pa., recovery plan priced within the expected range when receivership officials filed the plan in August, according to a status report.

Boston is weighing a push for Massachusetts casino host community status even though voters in one neighborhood rejected one proposal.