New Jersey

State lawmakers advanced a recreational cannabis legalization bill that moves the cash-strapped state closer to a new pot tax revenue stream.

Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.

A planned elimination of variable-rate debt exposure and termination of outstanding swaps lifted the bi-state transportation agency's rating outlook.

Katano Kasaine, director of finance for the City of Oakland, Calif., and Noreen White, co-founder of Acacia Financial Group, will receive the 2018 Freda Johnson Award for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.

Moody's Investors Service boosted the city to B2 from Caa3 and assigned a positive outlook.

New Jersey Transit delays Tuesday caused by a stuck 108-year-old bridge demonstrate the need for the Gateway project, backers say.

After recession-driven trouble, the authority's reserve is more than $300 million, said Donna Manuelli, its chief financial officer.

A new law takes effect Nov. 1 to allow New Jersey to collect sales tax on products shipped from out of state in the wake of the Supreme Court's Wayfair ruling.

Proceeds from a $40.64 million multifamily conduit revenue bond issue will benefit the residents of the Georgia King Village Project.

Continued fiscal progress a year in the wake of resolving outstanding casino tax appeals moved Atlantic City’s credit rating toward a B grade for the first time since early 2016.