Paul Burton

Connecticut officials celebrated the completion of the Arrigoni Bridge overhaul two months ahead of schedule.

A sale of $112.5 million of revenue bonds will finance renovations at the New York Aquarium, including a new shark building, and the Bronx Zoo.

Fitch Ratings lowered West Penn Allegheny Health System's $737 million revenue bonds CCC from B-plus, citing uncertainty over its proposed Highmark affiliation.

Scranton, Pa., officials have asked a court to let it borrow an additional $9.75 million, citing the need to plug further unexpected gaps by the end of the year.

The Harrisburg, Pa., City Council cried uncle, doubling the city's earned-income tax to 2% in a move state-appointed receiver William Lynch had sought.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the long term rating of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education to Aa3 from Aa2, affecting $1.5 billion of debt.

Cranston, R.I., Mayor Allan Fung conveyed a sense of urgency in advance of a special City Council meeting on his proposal to reduce pension benefits for retirees.

The second scheduled auction of property belonging to Curt Schilling's failed video-game company 38 Studios will be held in Providence Tuesday.

The sudden breakup of hospital operator West Penn Allegheny's affiliation with insurer Highmark heightens uncertainty over hundreds of millions in bonds in a turnabout driven by adulterous sex and violence.

New York City Comptroller John Liu launched a website to enable workers paid less than the prevailing wage on city public works projects to search online for the money they are owed.

Fitch Ratings affirmed its AA-minus rating for Worcester, Mass. as the city prepares to competitively sell $72.1 million general obligation municipal purpose loan bonds.

Walter Timpone, the defense attorney for one of the three convicted former banking executives in the muni bond bid-rigging trial is confident about an appeal.

After hearing tearful requests for leniency, federal Judge Harold Baer imposed prison and fines on three former bankers convicted of municipal bond bid rigging.

New York City officials announced changes to the four-year capital commitment plan to accelerate work on more than $1 billion of critical infrastructure projects.

West Penn Allegheny Health System countersued crosstown Pittsburgh insurer Highmark Inc. over the breakup of their proposed $475 million affiliation agreement.

Insurer Highmark, which sued West Penn Allegheny Health System over their canceled $475 million agreement, announced a $65 million affiliation deal with Saint Vincent of Erie, Pa.

Potential liabilities from the Jerry Sandusky child molestations prompted Standard & Poor's to revise its outlook to negative on Penn State's long-term bond rating.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota announced four options for fare and toll increases that he says are needed to help fill a budget gap.

Officials from Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System spoke with an eye toward resuming talks about a $475 million affiliation agreement.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is selling New York City bus and subway transit MetroCards with front-facing ads for the first time.