Paul Burton

The head of Lancaster County, Pa.'s waste authority criticized Moody's for warning about negative credit implications regarding its pending deal for the Harrisburg incinerator.

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority will come to market with roughly $289 million of general revenue refunding bonds through negotiation.

Camelot Global Services of Britain has again extended its bid to privatize the Pennsylvania lottery while Gov. Tom Corbett considers appealing the contract's denial by state attorney general Kathleen Kane.

The Harrisburg, Pa., school district's chief recovery officer presented a five-year outline and said $261 million of long-term bond debt 'keeps me up at night.'

Standard & Poor's lowered by three notches its long-term rating on bonds issued for Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon, Pa., to B-plus from BB-plus.

Hartford's downtown arena is in store for a makeover through a capital investment from Global Spectrum that will enable the state to bond for improvements.

New York City plans to sell more than $1 billion in general obligation bonds starting next week. The total will reach an estimated $1.42 billion by mid-March.

Standard & Poor's lowered its school issuer credit rating on the Aliquippa, Pa.'s School District's general obligation debt to BBB from BBB-plus, while keeping a negative outlook.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority sold $456 million of second resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt new money bonds through negotiation.

Rhode Island's tax structure is hindering is recovery efforts, according to an economic development study that Gov. Lincoln Chafee commissioned.

Gov. Tom Corbett could decide within days what to do with his lottery privatization plans after Attorney General Kathleen Kane struck down a deal with Camelot.

Advanced TV technology could put downward pressure on ticket prices and game attendance, Wells Fargo said while calling stadium revenue bonds fairly safe investments.

Pennsylvania's 20-year, $35 billion with Camelot Global Services to run the state's lottery system is unconstitutional, said Attorney General Kathleen Kane.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran the gamut from hardening the city from storm damage to calls for a styrofoam ban in his final state of the city address.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority held more than $90 million in funds and bank accounts that it could have used to meet budgeted costs, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

A federal judge sentenced former Central Falls, R.I., mayor Charles Moreau to two years for corruption that occurred while the city was plummeting toward bankruptcy.

New York City has scheduled a $1.42 billion general obligation bond sale for Feb. 27 through negotiation, after a two-day retail period.

New York City Comptroller John Liu assailed a lease agreement with the Marriott hotel in Times Square that he said could cost taxpayers at least $345 million.

Harrisburg, Pa., has cleared a legal hurdle to the auction of its Wild West artifacts, which officials say could bring up $6 million to the teetering city.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority plans to sell about $435 million of second resolution, fixed-rate tax exempt new money bonds on Feb. 20.