Northeast

Variables related to other post-employment benefit liabilities jeopardize core services in the tri-state area, said the Manhattan Institute.

Most of the deal from Connecticut's largest city will be taxable, with the lion's share going to a pension fund.

Neighborly's CEO Jase Wilson said the payroll stop was needed while the company restructures itself away from municipal bonds.

Ongoing state intervention will mute any policy impacts stemming from the resignation of a mayor who pleaded guilty to embezzling from a youth sports group.

The Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal are functionally obsolete, according to their owner, the Army Corps of Engineers.

Through three quarters municipal bond issuers are coming to market more frequently than they did during the same period of 2018, as low rates and yields are too good to pass up and demand for muni bonds is closing in on an all-time high.

Greater Nanticoke Area School District has posted a legal notice of plans to float bonds in an amount "not to exceed" $17.5 million, to be used for "advanced refunding of the school district's outstanding general obligation bond." The move is projected to save about $600,000.

New approaches to an often a vexing chore for muni issuers could break new ground in confronting climate change.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the district to BB-plus from BB-minus.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co. will leverage each minority- and women-owned firm’s experience and industry positions.