Pennsylvania

Stephen Reed, Harrisburg, Pa., mayor from 1982 to 2009, pleaded guilty to stealing city-purchased artifacts.

Pennsylvania has transferred and consolidated three investment funds worth a combined $2.3 billion to reduce its fee payout to Wall Street managers.

The Philadelphia Area Municipal Analysts Society will provide its 2017 market outlook at the group’s Jan. 19 meeting.

The University of Pittsburgh intends to sell roughly $525 million of Series 2017A taxable university refunding bonds.

Philadelphia got the green light to proceed with a new tax on sugary drinks after a judge dismissed efforts by the beverage industry seeking to halt the policy.

Philadelphia's chief fiscal watchdog is pitching a proposal to union leaders aimed at trimming the city's massive pension shortfall.

Amid rising yields and budget strife, Pennsylvania intends to competitively sell $613 million of general obligation bonds.

The Philadelphia Area Municipal Analysts Society will explore lessons from the Detroit bankruptcy during its annual holiday party Thursday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is spearheading a $300 million capital investment program at the Port of Philadelphia that will position the facility to increase annual tax revenue by 56%

Municipalities are increasingly making policy through data sets, as evidenced in New York, Pittsburgh and Columbus.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has restored a four-decade old tax agreement with neighboring Pennsylvania that was set to end Jan. 1.

Fitch revised its outlook to negative on $123 million of Capitol Region Parking System Series 2013A senior parking revenue bonds in Harrisburg, Pa.

Pittsburgh and Rivers Casino struck a deal to keep $10 million in gaming revenue flowing to the city budget, said Mayor Bill Peduto.

Public Finance banking veteran Donald Persinski has joined KeyBanc Capital Markets' in its Pittsburgh office.

Philadelphia's credit outlook slipped as S&P Global Ratings revised it to negative from stable ahead of the city's planned $282.9 million general obligation refunding sale.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s bondholders face only minimal risks from a six-day transit strike in Philadelphia that ended early Monday, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Timothy Reese suspended Wells Fargo from investment and trading activities for one year in the aftermath of the bank’s fake-accounts scandal

York, Pa., and its police union saved nearly $10 million in projected pension costs and helped improve the stability of its pension fund, said Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Timothy Reese launched a $100 million initiative that he said would provide a competitive rate of return while supporting affordable housing.

Philadelphia’s general fund tax revenues exceeded projections in the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year, according to City Controller Alan Butkovitz.