Connecticut

Owners of two firms will join Hilltop Securites as managing directors, the firm said.

Town officials are celebrating an "historically low rate" on bonds that were sold to pay for the construction of the new Public Works/Water Pollution Control Authority complex.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority became the first housing entity to use the Secured Overnight Financing Rate when it issued $100 million of variable-rate bonds.

The state's municipalities generally enjoy high bond ratings. Whether they can sustain them in bad times is still up for question.

As the session enters the homestretch, lawmakers are divided over how to impose tolls on the state's highways and whether to do so.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded the University of Connecticut to A-plus from AA-minus.

Rising passenger totals at Bradley International Airport prompted a bond sale to fund a consolidated car rental facility.

S&P Global Ratings boosted its outlook to positive from stable ahead of an $850 million GO bond sale.

The sponsor of a bill to create a state infrastructure bank says it would leverage public-private partnerships to generate money for transportation projects.

Bond Buyer Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton explores the state's hot-button issues including pension liability and tolling. Chip Barnett hosts.

Shawn Wooden expects his proposal to fix to state teachers’ pension system to kick-start an agenda that includes infrastructure, improved returns and financial literacy.

Issuers in the Northeast sold $95.5 billion of municipal bonds in 2018, off 21.3% from 2017 with an even more pronounced fourth-quarter drop.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget speech will include a far-reaching proposal by state Treasurer Shawn Wooden to shore up the wobbly Teachers’ Retirement Fund.

Ned Lamont says his initiative could cut Connecticut’s borrowing by 39%, or hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

They include the return of Sarah Sanders as assistant treasurer for debt management, a position she held from 2007 to 2017.

Ned Lamont will grapple with fiscal strains, a tolling controversy, struggling cities and underfunded pensions.

How the Bond Buyer covered the disasters and challenges of 2018.

The University of Connecticut envisions a development partnership through a special-purpose entity to construct a hockey arena on its Storrs campus.

Fitch placed the A-plus rating on credit watch negative a week after CMEEC announced its own probe into embezzlement allegations.

After last week's revelations about alleged wrongdoing by CMEEC officers, the issuer has appointed a special committee to oversee its own investigation.