Northeast

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said career employees within her department calculated only a 5% local funding commitment because the two states are relying on federal loan guarantees.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney wants new tax revenue to help the city’s cash-strapped school district erase a massive deficit.

Diminished Washington aid and a pending downturn require prudence, the city's comptroller said.

“We’re getting our ass kicked," the Gov. Dannel Malloy said, pitching a widening of the state's most congested highway.

Improved reserves led Moody's to raise the county one notch to A3.

"We have to find new solutions," said Partnership for New York president Kathryn Wylde.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.

The on-time and on-budget Tappan Zee Bridge replacment helped the authority land a positive rating outlook.

Officials say the law's ban on advance refundings may cost the city $425 million in savings over four years and that changes in state law are needed to offset the damage from the limit on the state and local tax deduction.

Rhode Island voters give the public schools a passing grade and two-thirds of them support the proposed $250-million state bond issue for public school repair and construction.