Northeast

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.

Connecticut Treasurer Denise Nappier told lawmakers that Gov. Dannel Malloy's plan to push out payments would violate a bond covenant.

Northeast municipal bond issuance was up 4% from 2016 to $121.3 billion.

The plan calls for up to $55 million of borrowing to fund 2015 state health and pension benefits.

The merger would create the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country.

The firm announced a $10 million investment and landed California, the muni market's largest issuer, as a client.

The new chief of the MTA's headline unit must juggle his vision for the agency with crisis management.

JPMorgan will be first company to develop a major project under New York City’s East Midtown rezoning.