Pennsylvania

Moody's lowered its outlook on Pennsylvania's general obligation debt to negative, citing the state's budget impasse.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has promoted its Treasurer Richard G. Burnfield to the position of deputy manager.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf joined a three-year cooperation agreement with West Virginia and Ohio to collaborate on areas critical to maximizing shale gas region growth.

The Pennsylvania budget drama will take center stage at the Philadelphia Area Municipal Analyst Society meeting Wednesday when Dr. G. Terry Madonna, professor of public affairs at Franklin & Marshall College, addresses the organization.

With Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate about to its 100th day, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican lawmakers are still far apart.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives rejected Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed tax package as the commonwealth’s budget stalemate continues.

Looking to break a budget impasse, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase in the personal sales tax and a levy on natural gas drilling.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has submitted a revised amended financial recovery plan for the teetering Chester Upland School District.

Pittsburgh’s state-appointed overseer is justified in withholding Pennsylvania gaming revenue by law, according to the agency’s executive director.

An old-fashioned Steel City brawl has erupted between Pittsburgh and its financial overseer over gaming revenue.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's P3 office is accepting unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private sector.

Sniping between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled legislature resumed after Wolf predictably vetoed an $11.2 billion stopgap budget.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said a settlement by Scranton’s nonuniform pension board will save the city more than $600,000.

With non-transportation P3s on the rise, analysts and other experts say they're not for everyone.

Longtime Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) Executive Director James T. McDermott Jr. is planning to retire on April 15, 2016,

Former Philadelphia Deputy Treasurer James Lanham has joined PNC Capital Markets' public finance group.

Pennsylvania Auditor Eugene DePasquale’s pending report will weigh the effect of the state budget impasse on schools districts and social service agencies.

In the wake of Detroit’s chapter 9 filing, distressed municipalities need to consider a more long-term view, municipal analysts said Monday at The Bond Buyer’s Mid-Atlantic Municipal Market Conference.

After decades of financial struggles, Camden, N.J., is on the upswing under new revitalization efforts, said Camden County Freeholder Jeffrey Nash.

Pennsylvania’s budget dispute is nearing its third month, with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican lawmakers still at odds.