Rhode Island

The nearly-complete offshore wind power generation project can resume construction while it fights a stop-work order from the Trump administration.

From leases for floating wind farms to projects nearly finished with construction, no offshore generation project is safe from the Trump administration.

A number of universities have used the capital markets for financing as the Trump administration targets federal funding for higher education.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has issued a billion dollars of debt to promote clean water. 

Student loan issuers are watching federal policy, from the Department of Education to the tax-exemption, to decide on the timing and size of their annual deals.

Fresh off the heels of its rebrand from Lifespan, Brown University Health is prepared to add to the size of its planned borrowing if rates are favorable.

Brown is among the Ivy League schools borrowing money as they face funding threats from the Trump administration.

Public pension benefit improvements could put credit pressure on states that enact them, the rating agency said this week.

Seven out of nine ballot questions voters will face in Tuesday special election in Rhode Island are seeking funds for the development of local schools.

The Tidewater Landing project, situated on both sides of the city's waterfront, is said to be the largest development project in Pawtucket's history.

Officials in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island say a multi-state coalition will help address the challenges of the new wind energy industry.

The oil companies had petitioned the justices to have climate change lawsuits brought by state and local governments heard in federal courts instead of state courts.

Moody's GO and issuer default rating upgrade to A3 from Baa1 follows a similar action taken by Fitch in November.

The ruling striking down Rhode Island's tolling program constrains states' efforts to solve complex infrastructure problems, the state says.

The largest of the three tranches is the $75 million Series 79-A, which are tax-exempt and carry a social bonds designation not verified by an outside party.

Debt placed through conduit Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. will accelerate repairs at the Paul Cuffee School, a high school in Providence.

Democrats Erick Russell in Connecticut, James Diossa in Rhode Island and Mike Pieciak in Vermont won open-seat races for state treasurer.

Blackstone Valley Preparatory will use proceeds of the $12.7 million deal to purchase and renovate school buildings.

A Rhode Island GO deal pricing next week includes $100 million for public schools; a measure on the ballot in November would authorize $250 million more.

The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation closed an $85 million deal for schools in Johnston.