Northeast

The state House approved a $22.5 billion general fund budget that relies on fees and tax increases to fund priorities like pension obligations.

Changes to return assumptions ease short-term budget pressure while lowering funding for the state pension system.

Pittsburgh, whose bonds were junk in 2003, has become a national model for urban rejuvenation.

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.