Northeast

Strong economic conditions drove municipal sales tax collection across New York to its highest first-half increase in eight years.

While the ruling wasn't a total victory for Wells Fargo or banker Peter Cannava, the court's decision grants them three more months of preparation in their fight against the SEC.

Stephen Eide of the Manhattan Institute explores the unfunded liability problems in the state's biggest communities. Paul Burton hosts.

City officials say the round of assignments for bond counsel and special disclosure counsel includes larger and smaller, minority-owned law firms.

New Jersey’s shift toward giving firefighters and police officers control of their pension fund decisions may hamstring future efforts to control benefit costs, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The pension funding problems reflect several decades of underpayments, said Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, who chairs a commission formed to tackle the problem.

A negotiated transaction may help Maine limit the yield penalty from Gov. Paul LePage's last-minute cancellation of the sale last month.

Vicki Fuller is retiring after six years as the state pension fund’s chief investment officer.

Tax Reform 2.0 would make permanent the lower individual tax rates in last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are scheduled to expire in 2025.

New revenue sources for operating and capital budgets are necessary for the transit authority to cover a widening outyear gap, CFO Robert Foran said.