Northeast

Four hired as counsel and seven other staff members are bulking up the team's D.C. and New York offices. 

Toms River's reluctance to pass a budget could further damage the school's rating, S&P said.

Massachusetts is set to price its annual transportation deal in early October, even as it plans for a decade of heavy transportation borrowing. 

S&P Global Ratings cut the Toms River Regional School District to A-minus from A, ending a negative CreditWatch but assigning a negative outlook.

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

The Pennsylvania government is still kicking the can down the road on public transit funding. This time, it's using capital funds to plug operating gaps. 

The administration wants the project "to be a model of how to build quickly and cost effectively," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

The state government is holding back school aid while it waits for lawmakers to pass a budget. That's hurting some schools more than others. 

The rating agency cited New Jersey's "robust budgetary surplus" while continuing to make actuarially based pension contributions.

The authority's borrowing apparatus is maintaining a business-as-usual approach it embarks on a massive new capital program and fends off federal cuts.