Connecticut

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has honored Connecticut's Treasury Department for excellence in financial reporting

The Connecticut Bond Commission is set to approve $2.75 million for the new Barnum train station in East Bridgeport, said Gov. Dannel Malloy.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on July 7 announced a $19.2 million package of state funding for six development and improvement projects in downtown Waterbury, as well as funding to redesign the signal system for Metro-North Railroad’s Waterbury commuter branch.

Connecticut and New York's MTA will jointly pursue $349 million in federal resiliency funds to replace the 118-year-old Walk Bridge in Norwalk, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.

Infrastructure in New York City and around the Northeast is crumbling. How to pay to fix it is a question without easy answers.

Fitch placed $34.3 million of Bridgeport Hospital bonds on rating watch positive, citing its pending transaction with Yale New Haven Health System.

Connecticut will save nearly $95 million over 11 years from its $822 million general obligation refinancing, said Treasurer Denise Nappier.

How utilities pay for damage related to Hurricane Sandy affects credit quality, Standard & Poor's said in a report.

Connecticut lawmakers worked over the weekend and burned midnight oil before passing a $19 billion budget for fiscal 2014-15 that failed to end partisan sniping.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy called for several state investments in major highway, bridge and rail projects as part of a five-year capital infrastructure program.

Individual orders for the University of Connecticut UConn 2000 bond sale exceeded $168 million, which officials said was the highest level in the program's 18 years.

The University of Connecticut intends to price $220 million of GO bonds, including $120 million for capital improvements under the UConn 2000 program.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority plans a $650 million sale of tax-exempt fixed-rate new money bonds on April 8, after a two-day retail order period.

Connecticut's other post-employment benefits trust fund reached an overall value of $127 million, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier who cited strong 2013 returns.

Connecticut's $400 million GO bond sale generated $152.4 million in retail orders, which Treasurer Denise Nappier called the highest in more than four years.

Hartford's two-notch rating upgrade from S&P reflects prudent budgeting and could portend better days in Connecticut's capital, said the city's treasurer.

Connecticut will begin a two-day retail period Tuesday for its $400 million general obligation bond sale,which will include $100 million of SIFMA index bonds.

Connecticut's Bond Commission approved $1 million to fund removal of the state-owned Springborn Dam on the Scantic River in Enfield.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed an executive order to create an Internet portal for what he called "widespread amounts of raw government data."

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities rated Connecticut first among the 50 states in long-term budget planning.