Paul Burton

Two days of testimony on distressed Scranton, Pa.'s request for a commuter tax ended in Lackawanna County, with a three-member panel of judges yet to rule.

Court officials have rescheduled the sentencing date for the former mayor of Central Falls, R.I., who pleaded guilty last month to corruption charges.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded to Ba2 from Ba1 the long-term bond rating assigned to Good Samaritan Hospital’s 64.5 million of outstanding bonds issued by the Lebanon County Health Facilities Authority.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority priced $441 million of second resolution, fixed-rate tax-exempt new-money bonds Wednesday.

New York City and private real estate officials broke ground Tuesday on a 26-acre development at Hudson Yards, once the single largest piece of undeveloped property in Manhattan.

Whether Rhode Island's pension law withstands a legal challenge is still uncertain, but one thing's clear: Judge Sarah Taft-Carter intends to hear the case.

Joining the bridge and tunnel crowd, Kroll rated about $900 million worth of bonds that New York's Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority intends to sell.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plans for New York City after Hurricane Sandy won't include seawalls, but levees, jetties, berms and dunes could be in the works.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee suggests settlement talks with unions over the landmark pension overhaul law, while Treasurer Gina Raimondo wants the state to stand firm.

Speaking in Washington before a Senate panel, Joseph Lhota, chairman of New York's MTA, urged federal help for his hurricane-battered transit system.

Scranton, Pa., received a $14.7 million through a private placement Thursday with Janney, which cited positive indicators in the financially distressed city.

While Connecticut's budget deficit estimates soar, state officials are prepared to tap a line of credit of up to $550 million to fund operations, if needed.

Standard & Poor's lowered West Penn Allegheny to CC from B-minus in the beleaguered health system's third downgrade from a major rating agency in two months.

The need for New York's MTA to borrow up to $4.8 billion using short-term recovery notes for Hurricane Sandy costs is a credit negative, according to Moody's.

Massachusetts will to price $381 million of general obligation bonds on Wednesday, including $231 million of SIFMA index refunding bonds and $150 million of new-money bonds.

Alan Kennedy-Shaffer won his battle with Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration to continue leading community group Harrisburg Hope while working as a state attorney.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota deflected speculation about his viability as a mayoral candidate after leading the MTA through Hurricane Sandy.

Standard & Poor’s raised its general obligation bond rating of Lynn, Mass. to A from A-minus.

New York City Comptroller John Liu called for "green apple" bonds to rid public school light fixtures of PCBs by 2015; he said the city would save $339 million.

West Penn Allegheny Health System revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission may sue it over accounting discrepancies.