Pennsylvania

Options for local governments amid the coronavirus range from rainy-day withdrawals to pension payment delays, and renewed calls for shared services and mergers.

The NBA team's plans for an arena financed with development bonds were dashed when a city-linked organization advanced a non-sports-centered waterfront plan.

Declining occupancy levels at privatized student housing projects are likely to continue into early 2021 as the sector confronts headwind from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysts.

Christian Dunbar was hit with multiple federal charges tied to alleged immigration fraud and embezzlement schemes before he joined the city government.

Feeling the revenue hit from the coronavirus, the commission has received state approval for a second delay in $112.5 million quarterly transit payments.

Billions of public funds have been spent cleaning up the bay, but two lawsuits say those efforts are endangered because the EPA failed to do its job.

The $73 million in present value savings over the next three years will help offset the costs of the coronavirus pandemic.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Pennsylvania's A-plus rating to negative from stable ahead of Wednesday's competitive general obligation bond sale.

The governor cited budget and social justice benefits from a measure to legalize cannabis, which officials say could bring in $600 million of new revenues.

Joe Torsella said the online tool will help portray long-term drivers of the state’s financial picture.

The region's bond issuers sold $55.4 billion of municipal debt during the first half of 2020, a 21.1% increase from the same period in 2019.

Online-only charters could take some market share and revenue from districts and brick and mortar charters because of the shift to virtual learning.

A new tax credit, a grand jury report, national election-year politics and regional bickering have revived debate over natural gas drilling.

Te legislation, headed for Gov. Tom Wolf's desk, is a response to a court ruling that Scranton exceeded limits under state law from 2015 to 2017.

The shroud of uncertainty surrounding further COVID-19 federal rescue aid has many public transit agencies and advocates antsy.

Saddled with debt and its revenues now pummeled by the coronavirus, the agency faces a possible lawsuit over the austerity-related toll collector layoffs.

The projected shortfall is $100 million higher than in late April, but a downgrade is unlikely, an analyst says.

The trend should continue, unless coronavirus-related enrollment losses force an end.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign five-month, $26 billion spending plan, intended to buy time to measure the hit from the effects of COVID-19.

Clark Hill senior counsel Andrew Maher will serve a one-year term.